Prehistoric art

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 152. Chapters: History of painting, Jericho, Lascaux, Matriarchy, Petrosomatoglyph, Petroglyph, Rock art of south Oran, Cave painting, Glauberg, Rock art of the Djelfa region, Venus figurines, Nazca Lines, Carved Stone Balls, Golden hat, Makapansgat, Bhimbetka rock shelters, Aboriginal sites of New South Wales, Driekops Eiland, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Chauvet Cave, Züschen, Barnesville Petroglyph, Finger fluting, Art of the Upper Paleolithic, Cup and ring mark, Barnenez, Gavrinis, Kamyana Mohyla, Parietal art, Côa Valley Paleolithic Art, Gilf Kebir, Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements, Sydney rock engravings, Acacus Mountains, Water glyphs, Carl Schuster, Eneabba Stone Arrangement, Japanese Prehistoric Art, Laas Gaal, Almendres Cromlech, Portable art, 'Ain Ghazal, International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel, Edakkal Caves, Megalithic art, The Sorcerer, Pomier Caves, Petrosphere, Gabarnmung, Saharan rock art, Art of the Middle Paleolithic, Rock art of Figuig, Hamangia culture, Outline of painting history, Stan Beckensall, Pusharo, Cave of Niaux, Pech Merle, Bradshaw rock paintings, Ignateva Cave, Escoural Cave, Barrier Canyon Style, Hunterheugh Crags, Sarmishsay, Statue menhir, Shigir Idol, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Finnish Rock Art, Siega Verde, Grotte de Cussac, Meadow Lake Petroglyphs, Trois Frères, Grave orb, Bagnolo stele, Toquepala Caves, Entoptic phenomena, Bubalus Period, Bison Licking Insect Bite, Dabous Giraffes, Venus of Mierlo, Oldisleben I, Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, List of prehistoric artworks. Excerpt: The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre-historic humans, and spans all cultures. It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and millennia, the history of painting is an ongoing river of creativity, that continues into the 21st century. Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor. Developments in Eastern painting historically parallel those in Western painting, in general, a few centuries earlier. African art, Islamic art, Indian art, Chinese art, and Japanese art each had significant influence on Western art, and, eventually, vice-versa. Recommended articles: 20th-century Western painting, Western painting, Painting, Outline of painting history. The oldest known paintings are at the Grotte Chauvet in France, claimed by some historians to be about 32,000 years old. They are engraved and painted using red ochre and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, mammoth or humans often hunting. There are examples of cave paintings all over the world-in France, India, Spain, Portugal, China, Australia etc. Various conjectures have been made as to the meaning these paintings had to the people that made them. Prehistoric men may have painted animals to "catch" their soul or spirit in order to hunt them more easily or the paintings may represent an animistic vision and homage to surrounding nature, or they may be the result of a basic need of expression that is innate to human beings, or they could have been for the transmission of practical information. In Paleolithic times, the representation of humans in cave paintings was rare. Mostly, animals were painted, not only animals that were used as foo...