Pre-Historic Art - Art forms predating recorded history, such as Old, Middle, and New Stone Ages.
Pre-Historic Art
The artistic desire to make images without any function surfaced from the beginning of man. The earliest surviving nonfunctional objects come from the Paleolithic period, 30000 BC to 8000 BC.
Examples of pre-historic art are rare. The context of their production and use is unclear. Aesthetic doctrines that guided their production and interpretation are mostly unknown.
See also: Pre-historic art Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, rock painting, Stone Age, India In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. ...
" By any of these definitions of the word, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art. Much has been written about the concept of "art".
See also: Aesthetic, Movement, Sculpture, Composition, Painting
 
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