Humankind has been creating art to represent this self. 40,000 years ago, paintings and drawings of human activity under rocks and in caves were from the Palaeolithic era.
Painting and drawing were a way to record their lived experiences, for story telling times with young children or a record for generations to come. The art history timeline is very long. Although we have examples of early artistic expression right through to digital art today.
40,0004,000 B.C.
Key regions: France Key words: Rock carvings, pictorial imagery, sculptures, and stone arrangements
Prehistoric Art
This era was a culture that existed before a written language. The characteristics were rock carvings, sculptures, frescoes and stone arrangements. Prehistoric art was all around the world, including Saharan Africa. Saharan rock art is artwork carved or painted…
