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[https://smarthistory.org/prehistoric-art-landing/ by smarthistory] | [https://smarthistory.org/prehistoric-art-landing/ by smarthistory] | ||
From painted rock to carved bone, tiny sculptures to monumental stele, prehistoric art gives clues to human creativity. | From painted rock to carved bone, tiny sculptures to monumental stele, prehistoric art gives clues to human creativity. | ||
=====Introduction to Prehistoric Art, 20,000–8000 B.C.===== | |||
[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/introduction-to-prehistoric-art-20000-8000-b-c by Laura Anne Tedesco 1/8/07 THE MET] | |||
To describe the global origins of humans’ artistic achievement, upon which the succeeding history of art may be laid, is an encyclopedic enterprise. The Metropolitan Museum’s Timeline of Art History, covering the period roughly from 20,000 to 8000 B.C., provides a series of introductory essays about particular archaeological sites and artworks that illustrate some of the earliest endeavors in human creativity. | |||