art

By Rodrigo A Jauregui
  • Period: 40,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

    Paleolithic

    Paleolithic art refers to the oldest known creative expressions produced by early humans during the Old Stone Age, roughly 40,000 to 10,000 BCE, consisting of cave paintings and carvings. It features mainly realistic animals,, abstract symbols, and handprints, likely serving spiritual or ritual purposes.
  • Woman of Willendorf is a ~4.4-inch, limestone figurine discovered in 1908 near Willendorf, Austria.
    35,000 BCE

    Woman of Willendorf is a ~4.4-inch, limestone figurine discovered in 1908 near Willendorf, Austria.

    the woman of Willendorf is a small figure of a woman who has a large figure but has no details on the head and feet. the large figure is speculated to mean fertility as to say that they are ready to be pregnant or are already pregnant.
  • Hall of Bulls made in 17,000BCE in the Lascaux cave complex in France, featuring massive, detailed images of bulls, horses, and deer, 62 feet long.
    17,000 BCE

    Hall of Bulls made in 17,000BCE in the Lascaux cave complex in France, featuring massive, detailed images of bulls, horses, and deer, 62 feet long.

    the painting may be representing the types on animals this person has seen or used to document the types of animals this person has hunted thru out there life. the painting has great details of the close up animals to the far animals looking like a herds.
  • The Sorcerer cave painting/engraving from c. 13,000 BCE in France, depicting a 29.5-inch tall hybrid human-animal figure, located in "The Sanctuary" chamber of the Trois-Frères cave in Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège
    13,000 BCE

    The Sorcerer cave painting/engraving from c. 13,000 BCE in France, depicting a 29.5-inch tall hybrid human-animal figure, located in "The Sanctuary" chamber of the Trois-Frères cave in Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège

    The half human Half animal Hybrid is a painting of what look like mythology and was probably made by someone who may have been connected to spirits. the painting may have been someone or something that was worshiped too and maybe as a good omen for better hunting.
  • Period: 10,000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Neolithic

    the artistic creations of the New Stone Age (approx. 10,000–3,000 BCE), marking a shift from nomadic, cave-painting hunter-gatherers to settled, agricultural societies.