Cavewoman Research Paper

Whenever I give a workshop or go out on a consultation, one of the first things I’m asked is “How can I tell what my style is?” For some reason, everyone wants to fit into a décor style category. I guess it’s just human nature to want to identify with others who have your same style sense and sensibilities. Since the beginning of time, there is evidence that man has tried to make his home a reflection of his personal lifestyle.
Take the caveman, or should I say, cavewoman. Granted, there are not too many ways you can rearrange a bonfire, but cavewoman was not deterred. She gathered up different colored wood to coordinate with her dirt floors, and threw in dried grasses to match her animal skin dress. After awhile, she noticed that the brown and gray stone walls of the cave were becoming pretty boring to look at, and cavewoman wanted to spruce things up a bit. …show more content…
So cavewoman had to get creative. Since necessity is the mother of invention, she devised a substance out of pulverized stones, dirt and marsh bog and created the first paint. She immediately applied her goop to the cave walls and created colorful primitive drawings of her family at work and at play––and you thought the wheel was the first remarkable invention.
As man advanced, so did his creative decorative styling. Think about the Egyptians, the ancient Greeks, the Moors, the American Colonists and the Spanish Colonists. Every generation and civilization brought with them a particular cultural sense of style. Some of those styles have faded away over the years; others have survived the test of time and have been re-created in different