cave art
Ancient wall paintings
Cave art refers to paintings, drawings, and engravings made on cave walls and ceilings, typically by prehistoric humans.
The most famous examples date from the Upper Paleolithic period, depicting animals, human figures, and abstract symbols: The cave art at Lascaux includes stunning images of horses and bison.
The term encompasses both the images themselves and the broader tradition of creating them.
- handprintsMarks made by hands
- hand stencilsTraced hand shapes
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
- bisonLarge wild ox
- pigmentColor-imparting material
Lascaux · bear · Paleolithic · mammoth · geometric shapes · Stone Age · Altamira · hidden chambers · engraving · stone tools · charcoal · horses · petroglyphs · Cro-Magnon · limestone · torch light · dating methods · Ice Age
- ancient historyancient history, ancient world, classical antiquity, ancient empires, Mesopotamia
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters
- prehistoric huntingspear, hunter-gatherers, hunting tools, stone tools, spear thrower
- cave loresacred caves
- Asian PrehistoryPaleolithic, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, hunter-gatherers, stone tools
- Caribbean archaeologypottery shards, burial sites, ball courts, three-pointers, shell beads
cave artcanvas painting
Art on stretched fabric
easel painting · canvas work · paper art · oil on canvas · oil painting
cave artcontemporary art
Creative works from today
modern art · digital art · postmodern art · avant-garde art · video art