So, what is it that makes an item in a work of art a symbol?
A symbol is something represented in the work of art—an object, an action, or a pattern of objects and actions, or even (less frequently) simply a nonrepresentational item such as a color or a line.
Let’s take a look at your dots and your spirals.
What do you think you could learn from the cave artists?
The truth is that these signs are rarely mentioned in most studies of ancient cave art. Here are some little known facts about these symbols as they appear in Niaux Cave. Some are gathered in groups, some appear in ones or twos, while others are mixed in with the caves' images of animals.
Besides just spirals and dots, there are triangles, squares, full circles, semicircles, open
A symbol is something represented in the work of art—an object, an action, or a pattern of objects and actions, or even (less frequently) simply a nonrepresentational item such as a color or a line.
Let’s take a look at your dots and your spirals.
What do you think you could learn from the cave artists?
The truth is that these signs are rarely mentioned in most studies of ancient cave art. Here are some little known facts about these symbols as they appear in Niaux Cave. Some are gathered in groups, some appear in ones or twos, while others are mixed in with the caves' images of animals.
Besides just spirals and dots, there are triangles, squares, full circles, semicircles, open