Prehistoric Art

"Man and Moon"
- Inspired by ancient cave artists
- Painted in 2016, using geranium nectar
By Matteo
Today we examined prehistoric cave paintings from France and Spain. These paintings are the first known examples of art created by humans. They are beautiful.

The students made some great comments about the paintings:

Bjorn:  I think the Stone Age people painted animals instead of humans because they were using the cave walls as a place to make hunting plans. 

Cole: The prehistoric people drew animals on the caves as a way to honor the animals.  


Joseph and Cameron: Maybe the paintings were religious, and the animals were their gods.




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