Wk 6:

Rock Paintings 5000 B.C.E. in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria

This rock painting is of a group of women and cattle.  The women appear to be talking amongst themselves and just relaxing.  The cattle seem to be grazing food on the ground.  The faces of the women and cattle do not have the features of a normal face.  The women seem to have large calves and thighs with a skinny torso and arms.  The cattle, on the other hand, are large and look like they have strong muscles.  The cattle are a red/orange color while the women are black.  The arms of the women are all straight and have no curves like their legs and butt.  The bodies are all about the same length and size.  The cattle are two completely different styles though.  One cow is small with straight legs and a bowing head.  The other cow is jumping and kicking in the air.

The artists didn't know that what they were creating was art and that it would be famous thousands of years later.  They had a certain way of painting different objects.  Men and women have basically the same shape to them.  Long, skinny torsos, long, build legs, and tiny arms.  The cattle all took the same shape but sometimes were different sizes to emphasize the strength and necessity of the animal.  I think that they the way they painted their pictures are very neat and precise.