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Figures first PalaeolithicThe yet discovered come from between 500,000 and 300,000 BC, during the Middle Acheulean. Discovered in Morocco, is about 6 cm. The evidence suggests that this Moroccan piece were created by natural geological processes with a minimum of human resources working equipment, but the piece has evidence of being painted, “a greasy substance” on the stone surface has been shown to contain iron and manganese, indicating that was decorated by someone and used as a figure, as it could have been formed. discoveries in the Blombos Cave, located in southern Africa, have totally changed the history of art. The stones were found to be decorated with red panels complexity, showing that the first Homo sapiens sapiens were capable of abstraction and artistic production. These impressive works date from 70,000 years ago i. e. more than 50,000 years, compared to Lascaux in France. Venus WillendorfThe first known European art from the Paleolithic and includes both cave paintings, like the famous paintings of Lascaux, and portable art, such as animal carvings and so-called Venus figures like the Venus of Willendorf. There are some assumptions that Homo sapiens is capable only of artistic expression. However, Homo erectus had long before production models, apparently aimlessly in manufactured goods, which are available in Bilzingsleben in Thuringia, and this could be seen as a precursor of art to reveal a artist’s intention to decorate as well as the practical need of fashion. The symmetry and attention given to the form of an instrument that has led the authors to see hand axes from the Middle Palaeolithic and the Bay of specific issues as artistic expressions. Venus Berekhat Ram (Israel) and its counterpart in Morocco, the Venus of Tan-Tan, 800,000 and 220,000 BC, could be the first attempt to recreate the human form. A recent find, the Mask of La Roche-Cotard in France, now suggests that Neanderthal man may have developed a sophisticated artistic tradition and more complicated. Drawing of bracelets from Mousterian period. Later the results of the soils of Ukraine (archaeological site Mizyn) dated Mousterian Palaeolithic era of mammoth ivory bracelets are carved with ornamental meander. MesolithicThe are some examples of Mesolithic portable art, such as paintings pebbles (Azilien) of Birseck, Hermitage Museum in Switzerland, and in some areas, like the Spanish Levant, stylized rock art. The designs of household items such as shovels Tybrind Vig, Denmark, are also known. NeolithicAccording of archaeological evidence, the Jomon people in ancient Japan were the first to develop pottery, dating from millennium BC C. 11. The Jomon people made of clay figures and vessels decorated with motifs made by impressing the wet clay with a wire plaited or sticks and with increasing sophistication. View Jomon. free standing sculpture had already begun by the Neolithic, the first is the anthropomorphic figurines, often decorated with animals since the beginning of the Neolithic Age discovered in Nevala Cori and G? bekli Tepe near Urfa in eastern Turkey, dating from ca. 10th millennium BC. The statues of the Vir Mesolithic Lepenski iron in the throat, Serbia and Montenegro in the first millennium BC and 7 represent both humans or mixtures of humans and fish. At the heart of Europe, many Neolithic cultures, as Linearbandkeramic, Vinca and Lengyel, produced women (rarely men) and statues of animals that can be called art. If the decoration of the ceramics produced, for example? Eliesovce Lengyel and style paintings are classified as art is a matter of definition. Neolithic megalithic monuments are found in Portugal and Poland to the British Isles. From the 5th millennium BC, although some authors speculate about Mesolithic roots. Because of the frequent reuse, it is difficult to prove. While the best known of these Stonehenge, where the main structures of the Bronze Age monuments have been found in most western and northern Europe, particularly in Carnac, France, Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Portugal in Wiltshire, England, the area of Stonehenge, the Avebury circle, the tombs of West Kennet and Woodhenge. Grave found at New Grange, Ireland, marked his entry with a massive stone carved with an intricate pattern of spirals. The tomb of Knowth has ornaments carved into the rock, one of which may be the oldest known image of the moon. Many of these megalithic monuments were tombs, and archaeologists assume that most have a religious significance. Bronze AgeDuring the 3rd millennium BC, however, the Bronze Age started in Europe, bringing a new medium for art. The increased efficiency of brass instruments also meant an increase in productivity, leading to a surplus – the first step in creating a class of artisans. Due to the increasing wealth of society, luxury goods began to be created, specially decorated weapons. Examples include ceremonial bronze helmets, axes and swords ornamental lurer developed as tools and other objects of worship, without a practical purpose. Rock Art, which shows scenes of everyday life and religious rituals have been found in many areas, such as Bohuslav? Sweden and the valley of Carmona n northern Italy. AgeThe Iron Iron Age saw the development of anthropomorphic sculptures, like the warrior Hirschland, and the statue of Glauberg, Germany. artists in the early Iron Age Hallstatt favorite abstract geometric designs, perhaps influenced by trading links with the classical world. T The most elaborate and curvaceous? This artistic style developed in Europe in the Late Stone Age from a center in the Rhine valley, but soon spread across the continent. Head wealthy classes appear to have encouraged ostentation and classical influences, such as bronze drinking cans attest to a new way to drink wine. Eating and drinking were an important part of local society and the Celtic culture and much of his art is often expressed through food, knives, utensils and glasses. Horses tactics and weapons were also subjects deemed suitable for processing. mythical animals had common ground with religious and natural themes and their presentation is a mixture of natural and stylish. megalithic art is still practiced, the examples include limestone pillars of the sanctuary of Entremont in the era of modern France. personal ornaments, including necklaces Torc while the introduction of coins provided a new opportunity for artistic expression. Although the coins of this period are of poor quality of products derived from Greek and Roman type, the most exuberant Celtic art style is still visible. The famous late fourth century BC, the funeral car on the Rhine Waldalgesheim several examples of T? As art, including a jar of bronze plaques and a bronze embossed with? human figures. Many pieces are curved, organic styles despite deriving from the classic earring. In much of Western Europe, the elements of this artistic style can be distinguished survive in the art and architecture of the Roman colonies. In areas where Roman influence had completely disappeared, the tradition of the Iron Age continued until the following artistic period, perhaps the most famous of Ireland and Northumbria.