Cave Paintings

Part of an ekphrastic, non-fiction series from author David Linebarger.

3rd grade creates artwork based on their knowledge of a "Timeline of Art" which continues in 4th grade. 3rd grade starts their timeline in 15,000 BC with the discovery of cave paintings of animals. In 1940, a group of French boys stumbled upon the opening of a cave in Lascaux, France. Inside the cave they found drawings of animals all over the walls. It was later discovered that these drawings were from around 15,000 BC. The drawings were larger than the animals depicted and some were even…

For a long time, we thought our species were the only artists

The end of the Ice Age and Paleolithic Age brought along with it the rise of a new age called the Mesolithic era. In this era, man was compelled to adapt to his new surroundings by changing his lifestyle and the tools and weapons he used. This Historyplex post has some more information about the Mesolithic era.

When was art born? Have you ever thought about art in that aspect? Was the birth of art incidental or something that came about due to deliberate thought and

An eight-mile wall of prehistoric rock art featuring animals and humans, which is now being called the 'Sistine Chapel of the ancients', has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest.

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This is a collection of strange being/creature artifacts. The question is… Are all of these different types of beings just based on mythology or did they really exist and interact with humans…