Príbeh gravettienskej venuše z Moravian nad Váhom – Podkovice a plastiky z Moravian nad Váhom – Lopaty

• Authors: Šefčáková Alena , Bárta Branislav

Title variants

EN

Story of the Gravettian Venus from Moravany nad Váhom – Podkovica and the sculpture from Moravany nad Váhom – Lopata

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The Gravettian figurine of a woman from Moravany nad Váhom – Podkovica (district Piešťany) is a rare artistic expression of a person from the Upper Palaeolithic not only in Slovakia but also in Europe and the world. Archaeologist Juraj Bárta played a significant role in its rediscovery and return to Slovakia. Although farmer Štefan Hulman-Petrech found the Venus before 1930, its existence remained unknown in former Czechoslovakia until 1958. Before World War II, and also during it, German archaeologist Lothar Friedrich Zotz participated in archaeological research in Moravany nad Váhom. He did not discover the famous Moravany Venus, but it came into his hands through the factory owner Bernhard Germann. Additionally, in 1943 L. Zotz found another sculpture at the nearby site of Moravany nad Váhom – Lopata, which could also be a statue of a woman. The circumstances of the find were never published. It is interesting not only to remember but also to explain the stories of the Venus from Podkovica and the statuette from Lopata.

Keywords

EN

Slovakia; Moravany nad Váhom; Upper palaeolithic; Gravettian; Venus; figurative art

• Publisher: Slovak National Museum – Archaeological Museum
• Journal: Zborník Slovenského národného múzea Archeológia
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 118
• Pages: 5-20

Contributors

author

Šefčáková Alena

• Slovenské národné múzeum – Prírodovedné múzeum, Vajanského nábrežie 2, P. O. BOX 13, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

author

Bárta Branislav

Identifiers

DOI

10.55015/DJEE4024