Wildlife in the art of prehistory.
The art of animals and birds found in some of the earliest known examples of artistic creation, such as cave paintings and rock art
The oldest known cave paintings 40,000 years ago, and the period of the Stone Age, the old top. These can be works of art more than just a decoration of the living room, as they are often in caves that are difficult to access, and show no sign of human presence. The wildlife is an important part of the daily life of human beings at this time, particularly in terms of searching for food, and this is reflected in his art. It is supposed religious interpretation of the natural world to be an important factor in the representation of animals and birds at this time.
Perhaps the most famous of all paintings in the Lascaux (France), and includes a picture of the wild horse, which is one of the examples known in the art as soon as the wildlife. Another example is that the rock art of the wild reindeer in the cave Cueva de Spanish coins, painted probably around the time of the last ice age. Also found on the oldest known cave paintings (probably about 32,000 years) in France, at the Grotte Chauvet, representing horses, rhinos, lions, buffalo and hunting mammoths and humans in many cases.
Wildlife painting is one of the most common forms of rock art. Topics are often large wild animals such as bison, horses, bulls and lions and bears and deer. The people at this time may be related to the natural world in the first place in terms of the survival of their own, rather than separated from it.
To find the cave paintings in Africa often include animals. American cave paintings include animal species such as rabbit, puma, lynx, deer and mountain goats, sheep, whales, turtles, tuna, sardines, octopus, and the eagle, and swans, and of very high quality and color. Called to the cave paintings made by indigenous Australians, “X-ray” paintings showing the bones and other organs of the animals they represent. Paintings in the caves / rock in Australia, including local species of fish, animals and turtles.
Different sizes of animals were also made during the Paleolithic Top … These were the first examples of carving wildlife.
In Africa, the Bushmen rock paintings around 8000 BC, and clearly show the antelopes and other animals.
The advent of the Bronze Age in Europe from the ground 3, led to the custom class of craftsmen, due to the beginnings of specialization resulting from the surplus available in these communities forward. During the Iron Age, and natural and mythical animals a common theme in works of art, often with decorative objects such as plates, knives and glasses. Effects affected Celtic art and architecture of the buildings colonies Romanian, and survived them, to stay alive in the historical period.