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Compare And Contrast Bull Toe And Lascaux Cave

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The two pieces of art that will be compared and contrasted are the Bull-leaping and Lascaux Cave. Both paintings have similarities and differences. The first difference is where the two are located. The Bull-leaping painting is located in the palace of Knossos in Crete, while the cave painting is located in the Lascaux grotto in France. The two pieces of art have similarities and differences in the setting, audience, artist, materials, scale, and function.
In terms of setting, a comparison is that neither the Bull-leaping nor the Lascaux Cave paintings have a specific setting. Both lack a specific setting. The Bull-leaping piece's Minoan artists centered all exposure on the three people and the bull. The cave paintings focus on different animals such as horses and bulls. Neither show a specific setting but rather focus on the figures depicted in each of the paintings. In terms of the paintings' intended audience, the cave painting was not intended for a specific audience. It was thought to have been used because prehistoric people …show more content…

The bull-leaping painting makes extensive use of color, including blue, brown, black, and white. Color is used in the cave painting as well, though not as extensively. The painter uses a touch of red on top of the use of black to add color to the painting. The materials used in the two paintings, however, differ. The cave wall painting is painted on the cave wall made of stone. The bull-leaping painting is made up of stucco panels, many of which have been restored. Bronze was used to make the panels. However, the texture is a distinction between the two. The texture in the cave painting is the cave wall, which is rough and bumpy. While the Bull-leaping painting was on the palace's wall. It was also restored using pieces discovered during the excavation, so it does not have the rough feel of the cave wall painting. Because of the bronze material, it has a smoother

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