The Origins and Legacy of Ancient Art

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Ancient art is one of the earliest forms of human creativity, which embodies the spiritual beliefs, everyday life, and the changing cultural identities of ancient societies. Since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, the monumental sculptures of Mesopotamia and Egypt, these works show the desire of the human being to explain the world and the ability to communicate between generations. The impact of ancient motifs, techniques, and symbolism can be traced even nowadays when people buy affordable art online and can see the reflection of these motifs, techniques, and symbolism in the modern aesthetics. Early Artistic Expression: Prehistoric Foundations. The earliest known art is more than 40,000 years old, cave paintings have been discovered in the caves of France in the Lascaux caves and Indonesia in the Maros-Pangkep caves. These pictures, which represent animals, people and abstract signs, provide hints to the rituals and beliefs of pre-historic times. Scholars have suggested that these works were used in ceremonial purposes, which may have been related to hunting magic or ancestral worship. The prehistoric art is older than the written scripture, but the Bible mentions the early human craftsmanship in the Book of Genesis. Gen 4: 21-22 tells us that Jubal was the ancestor of...

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