#neolithic art

[renstrapp]

What if they were October's mail club stickers? 🤔 I've never done multiple stickers for a month, but... look at them!

[umfiodeprata]

AI art and humanity

[diet-poison]

A real rags to riches story

[lionofchaeronea]

Female figurine (marble) found in Thessaly, dating to 5300-3300 BCE, the period in Greece known as the Late Neolithic. Female figurines in various materials--clay, limestone, or marble like this one--dating to the Late Neolithic have been found throughout Greece, including on Aegean islands such as Karpathos. Their simplified, stylized depiction of human anatomy has been seen as a precursor to the Cycladic art style prevalent from the end of the Neolithic into the early Bronze Age. The significance of the figurines is much debated: perhaps inevitably, they have sometimes been read as fertility deities, but without knowledge of their broader cultural context, no meaning or meanings can be called definite.

Now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. Photo credit: Zde | Wikimedia Commons | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

[reesemh]

Clay stained mother and child — Neanderthals sheltering from the winter outside

I’ve been wanting to draw Neanderthals for a while as I, quite frankly, love them and find them unbelievably fascinating… that being said I noticed that nearly every depiction is a static standing pose or some kind of hunting or aggressive scene. I think it is important to remember the Neanderthal made jewelry, made art, had music and medicine and culture. They had caves they would generationally return to. They were, in nearly every way, human. If not for genetics, I truly think they should be considered as human as we are, for all the considerations of what makes us human, can be applied to them in some way.

Anyways, hope you like this piece and my little rant…

[claypigeonpottery]

a jar with lid (from my stash of Forgotten Bisqueware)

most of the art is based off this amazing virtual tour of the chauvet-pont d’arc cave art

here’s the lid

the underside of the jar and the inside of the lid

and the inside of the jar

[arthistoryanimalia]

#Baturday 🦇:

Bat Pendant

China, Neolithic, Hongshan Culture (c. 4700-2900 BCE)

8 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm, 95.5g

ID’d as “plum crystal,” presumably plum blossom jade

ℹ️ bats are auspicious animals in Chinese culture - this little guy was likely a lucky charm 🥰

[most-weasel]

block prints inspired by cave paintings