Looking at the Toreador Fresco in comparison to the Lascaux Cave painting, Hall of the Bulls, it can be seen that the relationship between human beings and nature were exceptionally different for the two different time periods. During the paleolithic era, some animals, such as bison and deer, were painted in honor of being used as food, while others were painted to show that they were feared predators. However, in some cases animals were painted for the sole purpose of documentation or as a means for comprehending the paleolothic people’s surroundings, Hall of the Bulls being an example of that. 3 Whereas in the Toreador Fresco, the depiction of the bull is not in honor of the animal, but “gives expression to a tension that underlies man’s
