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