In Speleos enter the Halls of Cave Paintings and Fossils!
Caves, dark and mysterious places, became humanity's first art galleries. Here, prehistoric artists created paintings and engravings depicting animals (horses, bison, mammoths), human figures and abstract signs.
To create these works, the artists used natural pigments (iron oxides, carbon) mixed with animal fats or water. The brushes were made of materials such as animal hair or plant fibers. The meaning of these representations is still a matter of debate among scholars. It is hypothesized that they had magical or religious functions, linked to hunting, fertility or initiation rites.
In addition to cave paintings,
Stone Age art also included the production of
small sculptures in bone, ivory or stone. The Paleolithic Venus figurines, female statuettes that enhance the body's shape, are among the most famous works of this period. It is thought that these sculptures had a meaning linked to fertility and the cult of the Mother Goddess.
Why is Stone Age art important?
The study of prehistoric art allows us to understand the thinking of primitive man: artistic representations offer us clues about the beliefs, rituals and concerns of men of the past; the animals represented in caves allow us to reconstruct the natural environment in which our ancestors lived; prehistoric art demonstrates that the ability to create and communicate through art is an intrinsic characteristic of human beings.
The journey to discover rock art starts right from Speleos and continues in the Painting Rock area next to the Oltremare 2.0 waterfall.
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