Venus genetrix (English spelling)

Japanese: Venus genetrix(英語表記)Venusgenetrix
Venus genetrix (English spelling)

…About 60 nude female figures have been found in a wide area stretching from France in the west to Lake Baikal in the east. All of them have significantly exaggerated breasts, abdomens, and buttocks, and are thought to be of a nature similar to that of Venus (Venus genetrix) as a mother goddess, and are therefore called "Venus figures." The heyday of painting, engraving, reliefs, and various works of art on stone, bone, horn, and tusk was the middle Magdalenian period. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Venus genetrix" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…女性裸像は西はフランスから東はバイカル湖付近に至る広い地域で約60点見いだされている。いずれも乳部,腹部,臀部が著しく誇張されており,母神としてのビーナス(ウェヌス・ゲネトリクスVenus genetrix)のような性格のものであろうと考えられて,〈ビーナス像〉と呼ばれる。石,骨,角,牙に施された彩画,刻画,浮彫および種々の工作品の最盛期はマドレーヌ期中期であった。…

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