Historical Images

LITERAL: This image is a cave wall painting of some inidentifiable (to me) objects. ABSTRACT: The abstract idea behind this may be that the cave people wanted to document something but it did not come out as clear as possible. FEELING: This makes me feel as if I want to see what this image really is and means. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This image was supposedly etched on a wall in prehistoric times by cave people.
LITERAL: This is an image of some dinosaurs, chiseled into a cave wall. ABSTRACT: This may have been drawn as a type of plan to be used for hunting. FEELING: The feel of this image is of intrigue as to what these beasts were. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This image was also made during prehistoric times, some 30000 years BC.
 LITERAL: This appears to be a cave interior which has many engravings of shapes. ABSTRACT: It may have been the caveman version of a chalkboard; a place for the people to work things out. FEELING: It makes me feel confused as I do not know what any of this means. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This is another cave etching from the Paleothic (stone age) era.
LITERAL: This is an image of what looks like an early form of a cow engraved into stone. ABSTRACT: This image might be here as proof that animals like this have existed/do exist. FEELING: I feel that this is a well-done portrayal of an animal that lived in the past. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: Once again this is from during the Stone Age.

LITERAL: This is an image of an ancient Greek building. ABSTRACT: Could be an oldschool prison for various criminals. FEELING: Isolated as this seems like an empty old place now. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This seems to be a temple from Ancient Greece, which could be thousands of years old.

LITERAL: This is an old colosseum from somewhere in Rome. ABSTRACT: This was a place where many people would come to be entertained, be that at other peoples' expense (gladiator fights) or watching Olympic participants. FEELING: I feel that this was a place where many people died, but just as many found fame and fortune here. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This was a huge place for spectacle and thrrefore was a socially active area; in terms of culture it was also very popular as people grew up watching various things at the colloseums.