PREHISTORIC ART – PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
Paleolithic period, also known as the Stone Age, is the time when stone tools began to develop. This period began at about 2.5 million years ago but ended at different times in different parts of the world, generally around 10,000 years ago. Discoveries of arts from this period, however, dated only up to around 40,000 years ago. Most of the arts found are from the Upper Paleolithic period. The ones responsible for the artworks of this period are the European early modern humans. Thus, Upper Paleolithic period can be simply as the time where Homo sapiens were rising along with their mastery of tools and weapons creations. Hall of Bulls Lascaux Cave, France 16,000 – 14,000 BCE Lascaux is located in Southern France and was discovered in 1940. The above picture, the Hall of Bulls, is only one part of the wall in the Lascaux Cave. The Hall of Bulls is a painting dated up to 16,000 BCE, the Late...