Cave Art

At the foot of the cliffs of the Ardeche Valley in the southeastern part of France, amateur cave scientists discovered the world's oldest prehistoric cave. The cave was discovered on 18th December 1994 and its art history dates back 31000 years ago. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire discovered the cave and later became the Shweve cave. These explorers are located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France, about 30 feet above the ground. When exploring the cave, they were interested in the air current.

The oldest cave art in Europe dates back to 40,800 years and is in the cave of El Castillo, Spain, but there is a cave art throughout the continent. Rock painting is also done on the surface of the cliff, but due to erosion these pictures are not so feasible. A famous example is the Astuvansalmi rock art in the Sema area of ​​Finland. Rock art in the Iberian Mediterranean Basin represents a very different style. The main focus is a character, it can be seen in details of large groups such as battle, dance, hunting, other activities and clothes. These figures are usually sketched with thin paints, and the relationship between the groups of humans and animals is drawn more carefully than personal numbers. Iberia's example is thought to go back to the Paleolithic Age, the Nakaishi era and the early Neolithic era.

According to some website articles, cave paintings are also known as cave art, or rock art. (Cave Paintings and Rock Paintings, 2002, p. 1). People who have seen cave painting, especially archaeologists, can condemn the ancient life style, the events of the Paleolithic Age. Cave paintings are considered to be the most important means to show the interaction between ancient people and the world. (Prehistoric cave art, online articles). The paper of this semester describes the history of cave paintings, the purpose of paintings of cave paintings, the way of painting, the time of discovery of cave paintings, and several examples of cave paintings discovered by archaeologists Focus on history. There are many cave paintings in some countries world, but in this semester of paper, we will only include two cave paintings. Also they discovered long ago