Neolithic period saw the birth of monumental sculpture, notably the painted plaster figurines from Ain Ghazal, and of monumental stone architecture in the walls and towers of Jericho.
The sculpture in Ain Ghazal which appear to have been ritually buried, are white plaster built up over a core of reeds and twine. The sculptures used black bitumen to delineate the pupils of the eyes.
In Neolithic paintings, human themes and concerns and action scenes with human dominating animals are central.
Floors and walls of prehistoric Near Eastern houses were sometimes decorate with paintings drawn from a limited repertory of motifs.
During the Neolithic period red walls and floors are found as far south as Jericho and Yiftahel in the Levant; as far north as Hacilar, Anatolia and as far east as Tepe Guran and Ali Kosh, Iran.
Painting on pots was practiced at the end of the Neolithic period. It was believed that Chinese had been used utilizing a brush for decorative painting during Neolithic time. The design painted on the pottery revealed the fact that the slips of red earth color and dark eye were applied by brushes.
Among designs of Chinese painted pottery there are occasionally some animal and anthropomorphic elements which were used either as major motifs or parts of the decorative patterns.
Neolithic Art (8000-2300 BC)
