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cave art
(redirected from Cave painting)

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cave art: see Paleolithic art Paleolithic art (pā'lēəlĭth`ĭk, –lēō–, păl'–), art of the most recent ice age.
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; rock carvings and paintings rock carvings and paintings, designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by primitive peoples. They have been found on every continent and are usually from prehistoric times.
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In fact, even in advance of cave paintings, Homo sapiens almost certainly found his first artistic outlet in a bit of stamping and stomping, which was the earliest form of dance, eventually accompanied by rhythmic chanting and drumming from which developed music.
He begins with a section on primitive people, whose artistic themes revolved around the animal world and hunting, as seen in cave paintings.
These techniques shed light on the chronology and evolution of prehistoric art and show that cave painting began much earlier than believed, as early as the Upper Paleolithic period (2).
 
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