Not exact matches
More precise dating of the hundreds of often co-mingled
human remains at the site could also indicate the relationship between, for
example, a body and the plastered
skull cradled in its arms at the time of burial: Were they parent and child, or was the
skull a venerated ancestor, many generations removed?
For
example, short -
skulled dogs are more attentive to pointing signals from
humans [70] and more likely to self - groom but less likely to chase [71].
In the first
examples of the series of
human and goat
skull drawings, the subject of the current exhibition, Berthot continued to draw into the soft grey enamel, sometimes highlighting with white enamel (nos. 1 * through 4 are part of this group).
Human skulls, burnt candles, decaying flowers, broken chalices, fallen crowns, jewels and mirrors were typical features of their Vanitas still - lifes, one of the earliest
examples of the still life genre in European painting.