Unknown, Hall of Bulls (ca. 15,000 - 13,0000) this was painted over time; not representing one particular artist  common subject matter for this era is animals; perhaps serves as a guide for hunters; how to identify different animals, etc.  animals were thought to possess magical properties; performed ritual dances near the paintings to give them luck in hunting; this particular form of reverence came from the fact that their livelihood depended on the food from animals (clothing, building homes, tools from bones, TOTAL USE of the animal) meat/skin/bones

Unknown, Hall of Bulls (ca. 15,000 - 13,0000)

  • this was painted over time; not representing one particular artist 
  • common subject matter for this era is animals; perhaps serves as a guide for hunters; how to identify different animals, etc. 
  • animals were thought to possess magical properties; performed ritual dances near the paintings to give them luck in hunting; this particular form of reverence came from the fact that their livelihood depended on the food from animals (clothing, building homes, tools from bones, TOTAL USE of the animal) meat/skin/bones
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  1. artwhat posted this

artwhat.

during my first ever survey of western art class, my professor explained the difference between historians and art historians. historians, she said, were interested in old things. art historians, on the other hand, were interested in old things of quality. you don't hang garbage up on the walls of a museum; it has to be substantial and it has to mean something. so here you go; old things, made mostly by dudes long dead, of debatable degrees of quality but always with a constant level of importance. think of this as a deck of flash cards... sans the whole cards part.

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