Art Of Stone Age

The birth of art.

Art of stone age.

Tools however serve a physical purpose. The art of the stone age represents the first accomplishments in human creativity preceding the invention of writing. Paleolithic art old stone 30 000 10 000 b c human beings at this time were strictly hunter gatherers which mean that they were constantly on the move in search of food. Parietal art paintings murals drawings etchings carvings and pecked artwork on the interior of rock shelters and caves.

Also known as cave art. For fuller lists see art of the upper paleolithic art of the middle paleolithic and category prehistoric art and its many sub categories. The first phase of human existence was the paleolithic old stone age which spanned ca. The art was portable or stationary and both of these art forms were limited in scope.

2 500 000 10 000 bc see the stone bronze and iron ages from the very beginning of this period humans made stone tools if one counts these tools as works of art the history of art begins with the evolution of humans.