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    Prehistoric art dates back to when humans first learned to draw before language. Cave paintings from the Paleolithic period found all over the world were likely used for communication, documenting hunts, or spiritual beliefs. Artists used natural pigments like charcoal and minerals. Some of the earliest sculptures were figurines of women dubbed "Venus" figures and animal shapes carved from ivory or stone. Prehistoric architecture includes megalithic structures like menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs that were sometimes used as tombs, as well as sites like Stonehenge built for astronomical or ceremonial functions.

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    Prehistoric art dates back to when humans first learned to draw before language. Cave paintings from the Paleolithic period found all over the world were likely used for communication, documenting hunts, or spiritual beliefs. Artists used natural pigments like charcoal and minerals. Some of the earliest sculptures were figurines of women dubbed "Venus" figures and animal shapes carved from ivory or stone. Prehistoric architecture includes megalithic structures like menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs that were sometimes used as tombs, as well as sites like Stonehenge built for astronomical or ceremonial functions.

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    Prehistoric art dates back to when humans first learned to draw before language. Cave paintings from the Paleolithic period found all over the world were likely used for communication, documenting hunts, or spiritual beliefs. Artists used natural pigments like charcoal and minerals. Some of the earliest sculptures were figurines of women dubbed "Venus" figures and animal shapes carved from ivory or stone. Prehistoric architecture includes megalithic structures like menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs that were sometimes used as tombs, as well as sites like Stonehenge built for astronomical or ceremonial functions.

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    Prehistoric Art-WPS Office

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    Prehistoric art dates back to when humans first learned to draw before language. Cave paintings from the Paleolithic period found all over the world were likely used for communication, documenting hunts, or spiritual beliefs. Artists used natural pigments like charcoal and minerals. Some of the earliest sculptures were figurines of women dubbed "Venus" figures and animal shapes carved from ivory or stone. Prehistoric architecture includes megalithic structures like menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs that were sometimes used as tombs, as well as sites like Stonehenge built for astronomical or ceremonial functions.

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    Prehistoric Art

    Altamira cave painting


    Lascaux cave painting

    Chauvet cave painting


    Art has existed ever since man
    learned to draw and before he
    could even start to talk.
    CAVE PAINTINGS
    Among the earliest records of human activity are the
    paintings on the walls of caves executed in the Paleolitic
    Period, also called Old Stone Age
    CAVE PAINTINGS
    are prehistoric images found on the walls of caves all over
    the world.

    The purposeof cave paintings is uncertain. Studies suggest that they


    were not merely decorations. Some theories hold that cave paintings
    may have been a way of communicating with other people,
    documenting hunting expeditions or part of spiritual beliefs.
    The materials used in cave paintings were natural
    substances such as black charcoal, animal blood, different
    colored minerals and lump ochers or earth pigments
    combined with clay
    Cave of Altamira
    The first cave paintings were found in 1879 in Altamira Spain.
    - The Sistine Chapel of Paleolitic Art.
    The cave with its paintings has been declared a UNESCO World
    Heritage Site in 1985
    CAVE OF
    LASCAUX
    The site of some of the earliest known art recorded, is found in
    Southern France.
    Discovered in 1940 four teenagers on an excursion into the
    French hillside, the cave displays numerous images painted by
    Paleolitic humans.
    CAVE OF CHAUVET
    Contains the most important preserved cave paintings of the
    Paleolitic Era dated about 30,000 BCE
    Discovered in 1994 by Eliette Brunel- Deschamps, Christian Hillaire
    and Jean Marie Chauvet for whom it was named.
    PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE
    Sculpture is one of the oldest arts of man.
    Experts believed that the earliest sculpted objects dated from 27,000
    to 32,000 years ago were cut from ivory, horn, bone or stone
    VENUS FIGURINES
    Some of the early sculpted objects arr statuettes of women.
    Considered by late nineteenth century archaeologist to
    represent the prehistoric idea of feminine beauty they were
    dubbed venuses in reference to the Roman goddess of beauty.
    The Venus of Berekhat Ram
    The Venus of Tan- tan
    230,000- 700 000 BCE
    The Venus of Willendorf
    25 000 BCE- Austria
    The Venus of Laussel
    23 000 BCE
    ANIMAL FIGURES
    PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
    Menhir or Monolith
    This is a prehistoric monument consisting of a single
    uprightstone or megalith
    Dolmen
    This is a prehistoric monument of two or more upright
    stones supporting a horizontal stone lab. Often used as a
    tomb or grave
    Cromlech
    This is a prehistoric monument consisting of one large flat stone
    which is supported by two or more upright stones. It is also a circular
    arrangement of megalith enclosing a dolmen or burial mound.
    Stonehenge in Salisbury, England
    it is thought to have been used for astronomical, religious
    or ceremonial purposes.
    It is included in UNESCO's World Heritage List
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