MUSEUM OF THE ORIGINS OF MAN

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Pietro Gaietto, founder and curator



TABLE OF CONTENTS

- News and updates of the Museum.

- A tribute to Jacques Boucher de Perthes

- Introduction

- Of skulls and men: interpreting the anthropomorphic sculpture of the lower and middle Paleolithic (from Fig. 3.1).




PALEOLITHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART


- The human head in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 4.1).

- The human head in monolithic sculpture (menhirs) of the Paleolithc (from Fig. 12,1).

- The human head in the Paleolithic rock sculpture (from Fig. 4.32).

- The animal head in the Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 7.1).

- The animal head in the monolithic sculpture (menhir) of the Paleolithic (from Fig. 7.9).

- The bicephalic human head in the Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 2).

- The bicephalic human head in monolithic sculptures (menhirs) of the Paleolithic (from Fig. 5.29).

- Bicephalic Paleolithic sculptures of human heads joined at the neck to animal heads (from Fig. 9.1).

- Human heads with animal heads in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 6.1).

- Animal heads with human bodies in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 10.1).

- Animal heads with human bodies in monolithic sculptures (menhirs)from the Paleolithic (from Fig. 18.1).

- Bicephalic animal heads in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 11.1).

- The naked woman (Venus) in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 8.1).

- A naked woman (Venus) with bicephalic head in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 8.7)

- A naked woman (Venus) joined at the neck and feet to a man-animal hybrid in Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 6.5)

- Human phalluses in Paleolithic sculpture (Fig. 22.2).

- The origin of Paleolithic funerary architecture (Fig. 25.1).

- Paleolithic places of worship in cave with sculpture (from Fig. 30.1).

- The origin of the temple with lithic altar and bicephalic god in the Paleolithic (from Fig. 35.1).




POST-PALEOLITHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART


- Human heads with and without bodies in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 4A1).

- Colossal sculptures of human figures in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. 12A1).

- Animal in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig.7A1).

- The bicephalic human head in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 5A1).

- The bicephalic animal head in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 11A1).

- Human heads joined at the neck with animal heads in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 9A1).

- Human heads mixed with animal heads in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 6A1).

- The woman in the post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 8A1).

- Women with various types of two-faced heads in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 8A26).

- Animal head with human body in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig.10A1).

- Animal head with human body in colossal post-Paleolithic sculpture (Fig. 18A1).

- The human head with body mixed of various animals in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig.10A5)

- Human phalluses of great dimensions in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. 22A1).

- The post-Paleolithic sculpture of abstract and geometric obelisks (from Fig. 20A1).

- Horizontal zoomorphic colossal sculptures in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. 24A1)

- Humanized animals in the post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. F8).

- Geometric ritual shapes in the post-Paleolithic sculpture (Fig. F10).

- Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sculpture applied to post-Paleolithic household equipment (Fig. F11) .

- Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic foods in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. F13).

- Plants in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. F16)

- Decorative pruning of plants in post-Paleolithic sculpture (Fig. F19)

- Imitation of objects in post-Paleolithic sculpture (from Fig. F20)

- Sculpture in post-Paleolithic temples (from Fig. 35.1).

- Sculpture in Post-Paleolithic processions (from Fig. 26A1).

- Post-Paleolithic places of worship with sculpture in the lowlands (Fig. 29A1).

- Post-Paleolithic funerary architecture (from Fig. 25A1).




PALEOLITHIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART


- Short note about two-dimensional Paleolithic art

- Geometric engravings on bone of lower Paleolithic (from Fig. F24).

Geometric engravings on bone in the middle Paleolithic (Fig. F26).

- Geometric engravings on bone in the upper Paleolithic (Fig. F27).

- Geometric paintings on bone in the upper Paleolithic (Fig.F28).

- Upper Paleolithic zoomorphic engravings on bone and ivory (from Fig. F29).

- Zoomorphic engravings on upper Paleolithic pebbles (from Fig. F31).

- Upper Paleolithic zoomorphic engravings in cave (from Fig. 31.6).

- Upper Paleolithic zoomorphic cave paintings (from Fig. 31.2).

- Upper Paleolithic fantastic animals in cave paintings (Fig. F36).

- Upper Paleolithic cave paintings of men mixed with animals (Fig. F37).

- Upper Paleolithic engravings of plant on bone (from Fig. F38).

- Upper Paleolithic geometric female engravings on bone (Fig. F40).

- Places of worship in cave with paintings in the upper Paleolithic (Fig. 31.1).

- The movement in the upper Paleolithic two-dimensional art (Fig. F41).




POST-PALEOLITHIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART


- Short note about the two-dimensional post-Paleolithic art .

- The movement in post-Paleolithic two-dimensional art (from Fig. 32A3)

- Post-Paleolithic anthropomorphic engravings in cave (Fig. F47)

- Post-Paleolithic places of worship under-rock with paintings (from Fig. 32A1)

- Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic paintings on rocky wall in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. F48).

- Rock places of cult with graffiti in the post-Paleolithic (Fig. 33A1)

- Post-Paleolithic zoomorphic engravings on rock wall (from Fig. 33A4)

- Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic engravings on rock wall in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. 33A2).

- Post-Paleolithic zoomorphic engravings and paintings on rock wall and tree bark depicting viscera (from Fig. F49).

- Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic paintings on plastered walls in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. F51).

- Post-Paleolithic zoomorphic and geometric paintings on ceramic vessels (Fig. F53).

- T'ao t'ieh drawing in post-Paleolithic bronze vessels (Fig.F54)

- Origin and evolution of writing

- Engraving, painting, sculpture from the pre-writing to the writing in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig.33A5)

- Weaving of geometric figures on fabric for clothing in the post-Paleolithic (Fig. F58)

- Post-Paleolithic zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and geometric tattoos to embellish the human body (from Fig. F59)

- The mosaic with human figures in the post-Paleolithic (Fig. F61)

- Floral representations on tiles in the post-Paleolithic (Fig. F62)

- Geometric mosaics and tiles in the post-Paleolithic (from Fig. F63)

- Post-Paleolithic geometric painting (Fig. F65)

- The drawing of humanized animals preceding comics (from Fig. F66)

- Bibliography

Warning: Many images of the paleolithic sculptures can be enlarged by clicking on it.




Genoa, 2020, December (last updating)

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