Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours ago22,000 year-old mammoth in El Pindal Cave Pimiango, Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down11
arrow-up170arrow-down1image22,000 year-old mammoth in El Pindal Cave Pimiango, Spainlemmy.worldNexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareDr_Box@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoDid they actually paint a heart on it?
minus-squarehellofriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoNo, the heart symbol (with that connotation) only comes about in the middle ages. Prior to this, the shape used in art generally referenced foliage.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI really hope so. I would have done this so many years ago.
Did they actually paint a heart on it?
No, the heart symbol (with that connotation) only comes about in the middle ages. Prior to this, the shape used in art generally referenced foliage.
It definitely looks like a modern cartoon heart, but it may have been a depiction of a wound or something else symbolic.
I really hope so. I would have done this so many years ago.