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Paleolithic art is marked by a nomadic way of being, along with cave drawings popping up signifying art as being for either spiritual or personal purposes.
The neolithic period is marked by agriculture and growth in a more communal way of being, along with advanced carvings in stone of figurines, especially those with regard to fertility. -
The painting of the bull in the cave signifies either spiritual meaning or storytelling. It also shows what animals were in the region at the time the drawing was made.
Artist Unknown. Second Bull. 20,000. Stone. Lascaux Caves.
https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/lascaux/en/mediatheque?page=%2C3
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The figure is a female and the carving is possibly a deity for the neolithic peoples, or a way to uphold the role of motherhood.
Artist Unknown. Tell Halaf Figurine. 6000 BC. Terracotta; handmade; painted. The Walters Art Museum, https://art.thewalters.org/object/48.2741/ -
The pottery signifies a change in art, now the drawings are no longer restricted to caves, they have entered into the domestic sphere. This may imply a joining of the spiritual with the domestic rather than two separate spheres.
Artist Unknown. Clay Spherical Vase with Polychrome Decoration. 5300-4800. Ceramics. National Archeological Museum. https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-neolithikon-archaiotiton/