4. What makes the painting in Shrine VII.14 at Çatal Hüyük particularly significant in art history?
Answer (1)
The painting in Shrine VII.14 at Çatal Hüyük is significant because many scholars believe it could be one of the earliest known landscape paintings in history (around 6000 BCE).It appears to depict a plan of the town of Çatal Hüyük with rectangular buildings, combined with an image of a volcano erupting in the background (possibly Mount Hasan).This combination of a map-like layout and a natural event makes it unique, as prehistoric art usually focused on animals or symbolic figures.If correctly interpreted, it shows early human interest in recording their environment—both their settlement and significant events—making it a milestone in the development of representational and narrative art.
