1. Our Common European Roots
Historical heritage:
the remains of the past
Cor de Maria School, Olot, Catalonia, Spain
2. Digging into the artistic and
historical heritage, will lead us to
recognize common features in
different countries.
3. The Beginning of Art
We can’t know how art started, as we don’t
know how language started. We cannot get to
understand the art of the past if we ignore its
objectives.
The more we move backwards in history,
more definite but shocking are the objectives
of art.
4. Cave of Altamira, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
(between c. 18,500 and 14,000 years ago)
5. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone
6. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone
7. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone