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Paleolithic & Neolithic Art

By Jonathan Lopez Francisco
  • Period: 40,000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Paleolithic & Neolithic Art

    Paleolithic Neolithic Art ( 40,000-3,000 BCE) Paleolithic art being mostly commonly known for its cave paintings, small sculptural objects, and petroglyphs often portraying animals and symbolic motifs. Then around 10,000 BCE Neolithic art being a start of more permanent structures, and starting the use of pottery, weaving, and figurative sculpture.
  • The Sorcerer 34,000 BCE – 32,000 BCE Chauvet Cave, France
    32,000 BCE

    The Sorcerer 34,000 BCE – 32,000 BCE Chauvet Cave, France

    This painting has a sort of animal that many have had interpretations for it such as it being a great spirit, master of animals, or a shaman performing a ritual to ensure good hunting. It was found in 1920 in "The Sanctuary" a Trois-Frères cave in Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France.
    Clottes, Jean, and Sophie Hawkes. “"The Sorcerer" from Trois-Frères Cave, Montesquieu-Avantès, France.” History of Information, https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2802. Accessed 14 September 2025.
  • Woman of Willendorf, c. 35,000-30,000 BCE, limestone, 4.4” Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Found: 1908 near Willendorf, Lower Austria (one object, 4 views)
    30,000 BCE

    Woman of Willendorf, c. 35,000-30,000 BCE, limestone, 4.4” Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Found: 1908 near Willendorf, Lower Austria (one object, 4 views)

    This is one of the oldest and most famous piece of artwork that has been founded. Many say this art piece is a representation of the reproductive and child rearing aspects of a woman. Discovered in 1908 outside the small Austrian village of Willendorf. Zygmont, Bryan. “Smarthistory – Venus of Willendorf.” Smarthistory, https://smarthistory.org/venus-of-willendorf/. Accessed 14 September 2025.
  • Natufian Culture Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük c. 6000 BCE 8.25” ht Baked Clay The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey Found 1961 @ Çatalhöyük 
    6000 BCE

    Natufian Culture Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük c. 6000 BCE 8.25” ht Baked Clay The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey Found 1961 @ Çatalhöyük 

    it depicts a female seated between a feline headed arm-rests. It's thought among many that this art piece depicts a fertile Mother Goddess. Raddato, Carole. “Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük.” World History Encyclopedia, 9 March 2021, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13585/seated-woman-of-catalhoyuk/. Accessed 14 September 2025.
  • Adam of Macedonia, 5478 BCE, Milos Bilbija from the Skopje City Museum
    5477 BCE

    Adam of Macedonia, 5478 BCE, Milos Bilbija from the Skopje City Museum

    A statue that depicts a male torso sitting down and slightly bending over. it is interpreted as a representation of diaphragmatic breathing. discovered in 2000, in a small village named Govrlevo, near Skopje in North Macedonia. “Adam of Macedonia | Discovery, Description Age.” Learnodo Newtonic, 11 July 2024, https://learnodo-newtonic.com/adam-of-macedonia. Accessed 14 September 2025.