Prehistoric Art

Cro-Magnon peoples – Image of a horse from the Lascaux caves.

Ancient art

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ancient art refers to the many types of art produced by the advanced cultures of ancient societies with some form of writing, such as those of ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Persia, Israel, Egypt, Greece and Rome. The art of pre-literate societies is normally referred to as Prehistoric art and is not covered here. Although some Pre-Columbian cultures developed writing during the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, on grounds of dating these are covered at Pre-Columbian art, and articles such as Maya art and Aztec art. Olmec art is mentioned below.LINKS:

Europreart – European Prehistoric Art – Past Signs and Present Memories
ART HISTORY RESOURCES Part 1 Prehistoric Art
RockArtNet
All about the Cave Paintings of the Baja California Peninsula
The State Hermitage Museum Collection Highlights
Kamat’sPotpourri Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bhimabetaka
CeSMAP – Centro Studi e Museo d’Arte Preistorica
Välkommen till Tanums Hällristningsmuseum

A petroglyphic Saharan rock carving from southern Algeria depicting an antelope or gazelle.

More Interesting Links:

• Introduction to Prehistoric Art, 20,000–8000 b.c.
• Prehistoric Art: Paleolithic Origins
• Prehistoric Art – Origins, Types, Chronology, Characteristics of Stone Age Culture.
• The Art History Archive – Cave Art

The caves at Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc, Lascaux, Pech Merle, and Altamira contain the best known examples of pre-historic painting and drawing.

Links — From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

• 1 Palaeolithic era
  • 1.1 Middle Paleolithic
  • 1.2 Upper Paleolithic
• 2 Asia
  • 2.1 Russia
  • 2.2 Indian sub-continent
  • 2.3 China
  • 2.4 Japan
  • 2.5 Korea
  • 2.6 Steppes Art
• 3 Europe
  • 3.1 Stone Age
  • 3.2 Bronze Age
  • 3.3 Iron Age
• 4 Africa
  • 4.1 Southern Africa
  • 4.2 Horn of Africa
  • 4.3 Saharan Africa
• 5 The Americas
  • 5.1 North America
  • 5.2 Mesoamerica
  • 5.3 South America
• 6 Native arts of Oceania
  • 6.1 Australia
  • 6.2 Polynesia

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