Universalism
In the beginning there was creation...
Universalism in Life.
The Urfa Man at Gobekli Tepe, the Sphinx at Giza, the Moai heads on Easter Island, the Toltec Warriors of Mexico, the magnetic ‘Fat- Boy’s’ in Guatemala, and the La Venta heads of the Olema. These ancient statues all depict the human figure of their own world(s). We can speculate that these civilizations wanted to memorialize their ancestors in order to live forever. The use of stone may sym- bolize the sourcing of the earth as the genesis of life. For the Moai, the heads were placed at locations of fresh water wells, noting the importance of water and signifying their life source. The Urfa man, the earliest known statue, is clearly and obviously a depiction of a human figure. Maybe the Urfa Man was supposed to be a communicative tool to show future finders what his people looked like. Most of the statues portray a figure with their hands at their naval, and historians have noted this hand placement could be an acknowl- edgement to the center of the body where reproduction and the creation of life originates. Further immortalizing the origin of life and the central importance of our first civilizations.
Fall 2019
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1. Circular Boulder, Unknown, 4.5 Billion BCE*, 2. Magnetic ‘Fat Boys,’ La Democracia, Guatemala, 1400 BCE*, 3. La Venta heads - Olmec Civilization, Tabasco, Mexico, 1800 BCE*, 4. Great Sphinx of Giza, Giza, Egypt, 9,000 BCE*, 5. Urfa Man, Gobekli Tepe, Turkey, 10,000 BCE*, 6. Moai heads, Easter Island, Chile, 450 BCE* or 1250 AD*, 7. Los Atlantes, Tula, Mexico, 750 AD*, 8. Ville Contemporaine, Le Corbusier, 1922
* Date Unverified