Also called Paleolithic Art (from the Greek for “old stone”) Cave Art Circa 30,000-15,000 BC or BCE

Cave Art Found primarily in European Caves, but also in Africa and the Americas The animals are naturalistically and beautifully drawn They include bears…

Cave Art Horses Lions Mammoths Bison Deer Ibexes Humans are rarely included and, if so, are drawn like stick figures.

Many animals are overlapped and painted over which shows MOVEMENT and RHYTHM

Ground pigments were used from natural resources, stones and dirt. They were mixed with water, saliva or animal fats to make paint. Some were blown directly on the wall through reeds or hollowed-out bones

Cave Art Check out the following web sites…Google: Chauvet and Lascaux Caves in France, The San of South Africa The Pachamachay in Peru