What you need 2 know

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 Who was the first artist and when did he or she create the first work of art and for what purpose???

 

As soon as early man figured out which end of the charred stick to use, he started making marks on the wall...  (or the cave as it turned out)…not much different from what you did with that crayola when you were still crawling on all fours! Like you, he was still figuring out the world.

 

•Most of the time they drew animals...rarely the human form!

• The animal forms were colorful, had shape and mass, but most of all they showed action and sometimes even told a story!

• Some people believed the caveman was superstitious and if he captured or killed an animal on a the wall of his cave  he could do the same in the cruel world outside his cave!

• Or ...if he drew many creatures on his cave wall, especially in the cold of winter, he might have a better chance of seeing a greater number of animals when he went hunting!