Hum 1510
Prehistoric and Neolithic Art
Humans:
● Religion: Praying Burial rituals, and rituals for hunting to ensure success.
● Humans have always required social interaction.
Neanderthals Homo Sapiens
Self-aware humans that went extinct about Became the last self-aware humans + ability
40,000 BCE because of their possible lack to plan and imagine scenarios enabled them
of imagination. to thrive even in harsh conditions like hunt
and fight against predadores.
● Homo Sapiens are able to choose between good and evil.
Roles in the community/ tribe: If these roles were not done the tribe would collapse.
Women: Gather berries and vegetables
Men: Hunt effectively
● To ensure the survival of the tribe, homosapiens would have to migrate to different
locations where food was abundant.
Artwork:
● The Woman of ● The Hall of the Bulls ● Stonehenge (c.
Willendorf (c. 25,000 (c. 15,000-10,000 2,000 BCE,
BCE, Vienna, Austria ) BCE, France) England )
Creation of the artwork: Last Ice Age → 10,000 BCE (end of the ice age!)
Ice time:
Conditions of this period of time: Cold, it did not allow farming and domestication leading
people to live in caves to survive.
During this period of time it was hard to hunt and find resources to work with. People
at the time used different methods to craft and represent their deities.
, Hum 1510
Woman of Willendorf (c. 25,000 BCE, Vienna, Austria )
The artist of the sculpture is
4 inches high Arms resting in her breast unknown but it is obvious that
Well carved Visible genitals was highly skilled as the arms,
Textured hair No facial features belly, and legs are smooth, and
Type of rock: limestone Abstract the hair is detailed.
Due to the livinign conditioner
where the cave dwellers lived, infant mortality rate was high. Mothers and newborns
struggled because of the lack of medicine and food scarce. The sculpture could represent the
ability of women to give birth, emphasizing how a healthy mother should look like to give
birth to a new generation.
Gravesite: historians believe that the sculpture could be a fertility goddess, bridging
health and prosperity. Humans at the time would put it on a pedestal to pray for the
mothers and babies to survive the birth.
Prehistoric and Neolithic Art
Humans:
● Religion: Praying Burial rituals, and rituals for hunting to ensure success.
● Humans have always required social interaction.
Neanderthals Homo Sapiens
Self-aware humans that went extinct about Became the last self-aware humans + ability
40,000 BCE because of their possible lack to plan and imagine scenarios enabled them
of imagination. to thrive even in harsh conditions like hunt
and fight against predadores.
● Homo Sapiens are able to choose between good and evil.
Roles in the community/ tribe: If these roles were not done the tribe would collapse.
Women: Gather berries and vegetables
Men: Hunt effectively
● To ensure the survival of the tribe, homosapiens would have to migrate to different
locations where food was abundant.
Artwork:
● The Woman of ● The Hall of the Bulls ● Stonehenge (c.
Willendorf (c. 25,000 (c. 15,000-10,000 2,000 BCE,
BCE, Vienna, Austria ) BCE, France) England )
Creation of the artwork: Last Ice Age → 10,000 BCE (end of the ice age!)
Ice time:
Conditions of this period of time: Cold, it did not allow farming and domestication leading
people to live in caves to survive.
During this period of time it was hard to hunt and find resources to work with. People
at the time used different methods to craft and represent their deities.
, Hum 1510
Woman of Willendorf (c. 25,000 BCE, Vienna, Austria )
The artist of the sculpture is
4 inches high Arms resting in her breast unknown but it is obvious that
Well carved Visible genitals was highly skilled as the arms,
Textured hair No facial features belly, and legs are smooth, and
Type of rock: limestone Abstract the hair is detailed.
Due to the livinign conditioner
where the cave dwellers lived, infant mortality rate was high. Mothers and newborns
struggled because of the lack of medicine and food scarce. The sculpture could represent the
ability of women to give birth, emphasizing how a healthy mother should look like to give
birth to a new generation.
Gravesite: historians believe that the sculpture could be a fertility goddess, bridging
health and prosperity. Humans at the time would put it on a pedestal to pray for the
mothers and babies to survive the birth.
