There have many controversies over the attempt to explain art of the Paleolithic period. In this essay I will review the major points of three essays. These three authors explain the different controversies in detail. First talk about the theories behind why there is art of that period. Secondly I will explain why what points I agree with and why.
In the essay Art for Art’s Sake in the Paleolithic by John Halverson; the idea of why art from the period is compared to many different authors. Halverson idea of art from that time period is that it is a representation of stead of actual art. Meaning that the people of the Paleolithic time period tired to just make observations their surroundings. So instead of art these figures on the walls of the cave could be a method of record keeping.
Halverson gave an explanation that the art work was only found in caves. The reason given behind this is that people used caves to gather. This in a way could be represent a modern day......
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