cave drawings
Prehistoric wall art
Cave drawings are images made on the walls or ceilings of caves, typically by prehistoric peoples.
The term encompasses paintings, engravings, and other markings depicting animals, human figures, and abstract symbols.
Most famous examples date back tens of thousands of years: The cave drawings at Lascaux show remarkable artistic sophistication.
Also called cave paintings or cave art.
- petroglyphsCarvings on natural stone
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- prehistoric artArt before writing existed
- LascauxPaleolithic painted cavern
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
bison · handprints · torchlight · mammoth · pigment · ancient · hunters · charcoal · Altamira · primitive · shamans · rock art · painted walls · ancestors · tribal memory · flickering · underground · ceremonial
- drawingsketch, sketches, pencil sketch, charcoal sketch, sketching
- tribal artifactstribal artifacts, ceremonial regalia, tribal jewelry, tribal patterns, woven baskets
- cave imageryrock art, petroglyphs, pictographs
- sketchessketch, charcoal sketches, quick sketch, ink sketches, rough sketch
cave drawingsdigital art
Computer-generated visual work
computer graphics · contemporary art · modern art · video art · Instagram posts
cave drawingsdigital illustration
Artwork made on computers
CGI · motion graphics · generative art · animated GIFs · video game graphics
cave, drawing, caves, caved, caving, cavern, cavernous, cavity, cavities