Figurative Women in Two Different Time Periods

      Prehistoric times have dated back a number of years to where numerous studies have found some ancient paintings. Various types of artifacts have been discovered in different places such as high and low type burial grounds.

           This first picture is of a woman from the Prehistoric Period, which is also known as the oldest part of Cypriot history. There is a small article that covers the period of 10,000 to 800 BC which immediately ends before written records of civilization. An example of this is of the first mention of Cyprus by the Romans.

           The Minoan culture is said to be the oldest society in Europe. This culture has occurred in Crete. This is made up of four different periods; Pre Palatial, Protophial, Neopalatial, and the Post Palatial times. The greatest amount of relics that we have today are Cycladic statuettes and pottery fragments.

 

 

 

            The reason why I chose these pictures is that in both images, the color textures show highs and lows of different shades of coloring. This seems to overlay throughout both types of paintings and to the way of the people, but more importantly, how the women from both cultures were mostly portrayed.