Painting is one of the favorite past time for many people around the globe. Painting is not a modern art it has come into existence ages ago. During ancient period people don't know how to read and write they used to communicate through pictorial representation. One used to paint to express their thoughts related to spiritual activity, religion and many other things.
Know the world's oldest painting which was painted in prehistory.
''Painting is one of the preeminent mode of communication which clearly explains the thoughts of one.''
Details:
Know the world's oldest painting which was painted in prehistory.
''Painting is one of the preeminent mode of communication which clearly explains the thoughts of one.''
Details:
- Country: Spain
- Exact Location:The El Castillo cave in northern Spain
- Art Type:Hand art
- How long it has been :40800years ago.
- Painted : Either by Neanderthals or modern human. [Exactly not known]
Storyline:
Hands were used as stencils by paint blown around on the rocky surface. Many of researchers found that the cave had been visited a large number of times adding up paintings to the old one which was 40800 years ago.
By going through the above paragraph it clearly suggests that Neanderthals started to do cave paintings in order to build cultural innovations and to mention their existence. Painting included dots, cubes and finger prints. Paint color had been just a mono-colored one. [single]
The methodology used by scientist to find out the age of the paintings:
Uranium-series disequilibrium, is used to study the earth and its surface to accurately know the date of ancient things which existed earlier.
Conclusion:
By now we can really understand that cave art was first made in between the existence of Last Neanderthals and modern humans scientifically known as homo sapiens. In history humans used to paint describing the environment which used to include their tribe, culture, religion, symbol of God, animals etc. Since then the field of arts has been diversified, which resulted into a major form of livelihood.Painting act as a medium of exchange between humans where language won't be a barrier.