Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago22,000 year-old mammoth in El Pindal Cave Pimiango, Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1141
arrow-up1141image22,000 year-old mammoth in El Pindal Cave Pimiango, Spainlemmy.worldNexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareDr_Box@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoDid they actually paint a heart on it?
minus-squarehellofriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoNo, the heart symbol (with that connotation) only comes about in the middle ages. Prior to this, the shape used in art generally referenced foliage.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoThat’s the kill spot. Heart, lungs, liver, het yer spear right up in there.
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoIt definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoMaybe it’s an ear? There’s a bump in front of the face that would match for the right. It’s a really pleasing detail the more I look at it.
Did they actually paint a heart on it?
No, the heart symbol (with that connotation) only comes about in the middle ages. Prior to this, the shape used in art generally referenced foliage.
That’s the kill spot. Heart, lungs, liver, het yer spear right up in there.
It definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.
Maybe it’s an ear? There’s a bump in front of the face that would match for the right. It’s a really pleasing detail the more I look at it.