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"If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That's what I'm exploring."
"If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That's what I'm exploring."
-Gregory Colbert
Cave paintings are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin, dated to some 40,000 years ago (around 38,000 BCE) in Eurasia. The exact purpose of the Paleolithic cave paintings is not known. Evidence suggests that they were not merely decorations of living areas since the caves in which they have been found do not have signs of ongoing habitation.
A deer painting from the Chauvet Caves in France, one of the earliest known painting locations. These paintings are dated earlier than 30,000 BCE.
The examples above are from one of the well known locations in Lascoux, France.
Cave art has been found all over the world, but Europe has provided many locations filled with amazing prehistoric art. These painting offer us a glimpse into the lives of early people. What did they do to survive? What plants did they eat? What animals did they hunt?
These prehistoric artists used materials around them to create their art.
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