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The Paleolithic Era
The Neolithic Era
PALEOLITHIC ART
CARVED PORTABLE PIECES
EXCLUSIVELY FEMALE SUBJECTS
INDICATES:
MATRIARCHICAL SOCIETY?
EARTH/MOTHER GODDESS – FEMALE CONTROL OF AGRICULTURE?
WORSHIP OF FEMALE ROLE IN REPRODUCTION?
THIS WILL CHANGE AS CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP
“If God had not created women, I don’t know whether I would have become a painter!” - Auguste
Renoir
VENUS OF WILLENDORF[30,000-25,000 BC] OLDEST KNOWN REPRESENTATION OF A
HUMAN BEING
Female Evolution
CAVE ART[32,000-13,000 BC]
SOUTHERN FRANCE / NORTHERN SPAIN
UNINHABITED LOCATIONS
MYSTICAL OR RELIGIOUS PURPOSE?
PALEOLITHIC ART
NEOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE
STONEHENGE [3000-2000 BC]
MEGALITHIC MONUMENT – SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLANDASTRONOMICAL / CALENDAR FUNCTION?RELIGIOUS PURPOSE – DRUIDS? SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
Ṭ POST AND LINTEL CONSTRUCTION
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