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The History of God
FIELD No. B9D2
Visual depiction of A Cro-Magnon artist carving a Venus figurine by firelight

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Vol. I · Animism

A Cro-Magnon artist carving a Venus figurine by firelight

first human art

warm amber glow, Palaeolithic cave interior, ochre and shadow palette, loose brushwork, sharp focus, 4K detail

Organization
Sacred Landscape Traditions
Time period
Pre-history – present
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how natural-landscape has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

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natural-landscape

 Visual depiction of A Coelacanth — unchanged for 400 million years — in deep ocean off Madagascar

A Coelacanth — unchanged for 400 million years — in deep ocean off Madagascar

natural-landscape

 Visual depiction of A thorny devil lizard walking slowly across red Australian desert

A thorny devil lizard walking slowly across red Australian desert

natural-landscape