Thursday, September 11, 2008

Hall of Bulls




This work of art can be found in the Lascaux cave in Dordogne, France. I found this very interesting because I learned that the people of Lascaux drew on the wall for good luck. They thought that if they put the bulls on the wall it will mean there will be lots of bulls when they hunt so everyone will get fed. They do this before every hunt to have good luck.


Now i chose this work of art by Diego Rivera because it can be related to the paintings in the caves of Lascaux. These two are very similar becuase they were both done on walls. Although we do not use murals for hutting nowadays we still put art up for people to see. Artists all over the world are doing murals and that started way back when the cave paintings were going on.

1 comment:

cinapoli said...

nice comparison daniel...have you seen the Frida Kahlo exhibit? as she has many images of Rivera as well. It is at the SF MOMA...