Ancient Art: Skulls
The other day I was thinking about how the ancient people of Jericho decorated their skulls and placed them in their homes for display. Why is it that we find that disturbing? We admire the Dia de los Muertos art; it includes decorated candy skulls and many little figures dealing with skeletons of the dead. Most of them represent people with the use of cloth. We do not find this disturbing, but a skull that is decorated from Jericho is. Maybe it may be the fact that the skull is from the deceased person itself and decorated to look life-like. Imagine having a skull of a close relative on the living room shelf! How disturbing!
Why do you think?
6 comments:
I agree with you very disturbing!
I don't understand why people would have this..I mean how is that a nice way of remembering?:P It is a bit disturbing yes but maybe it has a deeper meaning to them.
I think because it is the use of the skulls and such, but this reminds me of the shrunken heads!
A bit disturbing but whats remarkable is how well preserved this remain is. There is so much detail still in tacked after so many years. Great find!
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This art work is very disturbing to me too. It is like something you would see in a horror movie. It amazes me that back then people loved this stuff. It just shows that not everyone likes the same things, and how art work changes over the years.
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