The Oldest Cave Art Found.
By: Xavier M.
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered About The Oldest Cave Art Found? It's because it has different type of chemicals and the cave art has dyed after the long period of time that has been preserved. Susan Avis a scientist on Art House the text says that painters practiced on a different painting.It's is true because they practices on different cave paintings.
In "National Geographic Daily News World's Oldest Cave Art Found—Made by Neanderthals?" By Kare Than for National Geographic News PUBLISHED on JUNE 14, 2012. "Prehistoric dots and crimson hand stencils on Spanish cave walls are now the world's oldest known cave art." According to new dating results perhaps the best evidence yet that Neanderthals were Earth's first cave painters. Kare used several methods to prover there question right.
The evidence is from Cave art suggests that Neanderthals. " Were to randomly poll a group of people on a city street as to their definitions of the term art we would in all likelihood receive a variety of meanings." So most scientist think that the Neanderthals painted with animal fat, and water. Some scientists say they might have even been made by the much maligned Neanderthals, but others disagree. "Testing the coating of paintings in 11 Spanish caves, researchers found that one is at least 40,800 years old, which is at least 15,000 years older than previously thought. That makes them older than the more famous French cave paintings by thousands of years."
The evidence is from history.howstuffworks.com By: Ed Grabianowski on Cave Dwelling. The most famous cave in the world is Lascaux, near Montignac, France. It was discovered in 1940, and the entrance was later changed to create an entrance for visitors. The cave was eventually sealed off to prevent damage to the paintings. "If the new dates are correct, they also could make the El Castillo art the oldest known well-dated cave paintings in the world a title previously held by France's Chauvet cave paintings, believed to be at least 37,000 years old."
The conclusion is that the Neanderthals painted the caves hundreds or thousand of years ago. Little boys found the oldest cave art ever found that must have been the best thing that happened to the boys. I wonder if the boys are now faceted about Cave Art. This was a great thing to learn about if you want to?
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2/14/2014 01:01:48 am
The Resources of Prehistoric Cave Men
By: Brian Chavez
Have you ever wondered what material early humans used to create the beautiful, detailed art that has been found in caves all over the world? Cave men have been around for thousands of years, they have learned how to paint and draw in caves. But what kind of materials did they use, to draw those beautiful painting? Many caves has been use to draw or paint. the Chauvet Cave is famous for its amazing colors and how old it is. Nearly 350 caves were found in France and Spain alone. France's Chauvet Cave is dated back in 33,000 year and were mostly black and white -- figures. The Chauvet Cave was found in December 4,1994. Do you ever wonder how did prehistoric cave men painted in the walls?
First of all they needed to make the paint. In Youngzine, an online children magazine, Deepa Gopal,( "Cave Art Found: Was It A Prehistoric Preschool?" Oct. 10, 2011), describes how archeologist, Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe have studied the art in a cave in France, known as the "Cave of a Hundred Mammouths."The painting were mixed with natural pigments from earths' grounds, sometimes they use animal fat with pigment to create their palette. Animal fat will help the paint to last longer then regular pigment.
Scientist believe that the most common colors that prehistoric cave men have been used in over the past 10,000 years ago were, red and yellow ochre, manganese or carbon for black, and china clay for white.
Scientist believed that cave man use their finger to paint, also they get a tree twig and bites the end of it, until it start to become thin straw. Scientist elso believe that these's tools are most in common for cave painting.
It didn't really mater that are ancestors did not have technology to do fun stuff, like what we do in 2014. Although they didn't have technology they had something else, it's called ART!
Archeologist found cave paintings in almost every caves they have been to. Archeologist think that they may have used charcoal from their torches to paint, they also use bones from their previous meals. They used the bones like paintbrushes. They think that once in a while they used minerals to paint. They were the earliest mankind to ever paint. Not all archeologist think alike.
In buzzle.com Mrunal Blevalker said that the paintings told a story. They told their actual life time. Mrunal thinks they where the earliest mankind to ever paint. She also thought that used charcoal from there torches. She also said that they used iron oxide to paint red, manganese oxide to paint black, and clay colored by iron oxides was used to paint yellow.
Another example, in a online article Pigment Through the Ages. Michael Douma said that red was the first color that cave men used to paint. Red was a major color for most or maybe all the cavemen. They used all kind of red resources they found around them. Also they may have mixed resources together to make different types colors. Red was a very important color. They made red to signify blood and fire. They had to have a bunch of the material that they have found.
To explain more about what resources did the early people use to paint, Mrunal said that cave paintings told a tale about human progress and development.They made cave paintings to explain their feelings. They put those resources into a good use.
In conclusion, one thing we can say is they the cavemen taught us how to paint and how to mix colors. For whatever reason why cavemen drew in their cave walls, maybe it was for telling stories or just drawing in the cave like coloring in a coloring book. No one knows. They sure made a mark on the world.
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Nat ♥️
2/14/2014 01:15:25 am
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Evamarie
2/14/2014 01:15:40 am
It's good, short but good
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:19:11 am
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Diana
2/14/2014 01:02:10 am
The Art of the Past
What did the early people used?
By: Diana 2-13-14
Ever wondered what Prehistoric people used to paint with so they made these unique paintings in caves? Some paintings have red, black, or brown substances, and some people think that Prehistoric people used blood or dirt. Others say they used fruits or flowers mixed with some water. Some of these guesses are right. As scientist researched about this topic, the information says that the early people used dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat and also used water, vegetable juices, urine, and etc. Wow how did they discover these resources?
As reading through this text , by WebExhibts (http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/early.html 1-6-14), the researchers have found that these painting where made by "various binders, including water, vegetable juices, urine, animal fat, bone marrow, blood, and albumen," as the article says. And there was some other types of materials that were found in the caves the early people were in "The oxides of iron dug right out of the ground in the form of lumps were presumably rich in clay. This consistency was conducive to the formation of crayon sticks and also could be made into a liquid paste more closely resembling paint," ...the lumps were ground into a fine powder on the cave’s natural stone hollows, where stains have been observed. Shoulder and other bones of large animals, stained with color, have been discovered in the caves..." And this article also says what they use to paint with, other than their hands, "...paint was applied with brushing, smearing, dabbing, and spraying techniques. Large areas were covered with fingertips or pads of lichen or moss. Paint spraying, accomplished by blowing paint through hollow bones..."
Now we need to know how the colors had came to be. From this website, http://www.ancientcraft.co.uk/reenactment/prehistoric_art.html, tells what a team of archaeologists, lead by Professor Christopher Henshilwood, had found in Africa 2008, which was an art kit. The art kit included abalone shells, ochre, bone, charcoal, grindstones and hammer-stones.The powder may have been probably ground into a fine powder by the use of quartzite cobbles, before being mixed and heated with crushed stones or bones in the abalone shells. "Microscopic inspection of the abalone surfaces reveals a "high water mark" on the shells' inner wall, as evidence that an unknown liquid, probably urine, blood, animal fats or water was used for paint mixing."
Yet some remains that were very strange that were found in the caves. The following article, from bradshawfoundation.com, tells about the remains that were found in the cave, called The Chauvet Cave found in France in December 18, 1994 by speleologists Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire and written by Jean Clottes, other then the charcoal remains from the torches the early people there was some remains of bones and flit left on the ground of the caves. "But among the most mysterious remains are the objects deposited in the cracks of the walls and in particular the bone fragments stuck forcibly into them, ....deposits have been found in numerous other French Paleolithic art caves." But the bones found in other caves, or in the same cave, have different dates."They belong to periods sometimes far apart, which is not the least interesting fact about them because this means that the same gestures were repeated again and again for many thousands of years." But most bones have a recent date "...more recent by 13,000 to 14,000 years."
Furthermore, researchers have uncovered what technics our ancestors have used to make these lively colorful paintings, that is to say that some day we can accomplish or have accomplished beautiful paintings just like them. Who knew our ancestors were geniuses because they were able to discover paint and mix them with different types of resources. And the remains of bones that were found in the cave was a huge mystery that some researchers are still trying to find. Yet the world may never knowledge reason why the early people had painted these paintings or why they painted in caves, maybe they just wanted to tech us about them or mark where they have started their own lives. The secrets of the world need to be unfolded maybe you can unfold them.
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:12:11 am
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Diana
2/14/2014 01:14:39 am
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2/14/2014 01:13:38 am
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Evamarie
2/14/2014 01:02:21 am
How did People find Caves?
by: Evamarie C.
February 14, 2014
Have you ever wondered how people found caves? Well let's see if this research helps to how caves are found. Caves are found all around the world. They are found by all different kinds of people. You don't have to be a scientist you could just be on a trip and randomly find a cave.
Scientist have found ways to find caves as reported in an article called, "Searching For New Caves" and "An Introduction to Caves and Caving." This article gives you a few steps of " How to find caves." The first step in the process is to do a background research on the area. Then you get out in the field and walking the terrain looking for sinkholes and etc. Once you find an entrance or likely digging prospect you need to make sure you can come back and find it.
The second evidence is called "Finding Lascaux, Four Boys and a Dog", and the website to find out more information is savelascaux.org. In September 1940, four boys and a dog set out on an adventure in Dordogne. As they walked through the woods the little dog, Robot, ran ahead toward a deep depression in the ground,Robot began sniffing around. After trying to determine the depth of the hole by tossing rocks in the opening, then they decided to explore it. Then, each of the four boys slid through the hole. Marsal remembers the first encounter describing what they saw as a cavalcade of animals larger than life painted on the walls and ceiling if the cave; each animal seemed to be moving." They were ecstatic with their discovery, the four boys promised to return the next day much better prepared for exploration.
The third example is called "How to Find a Cave " and "How you Can Find a Cave ". First, ask commercial cave owners or their guides if they know of any caves nearby. They may not only know about them, but may even have explored them as well. Check with farmers, fisherman, hikers, hunters, etc., and people who have grew up in the area.
These websites are useful and will help you in your research. These researches and websites are useful because they give you all kinds of good information. All these researches are good to search or read if you have any similar questions. Hope that you will try all these researches and websites that scientists have found out for you.
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Destiny
2/14/2014 01:22:12 am
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2/14/2014 01:26:53 am
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Diana
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2/14/2014 01:28:30 am
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Alfredo
2/14/2014 01:02:27 am
What Was the Purpose of The Paintings?
By: Alfredo D.
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered how early humans learned to create the beautiful, detailed art that has been found in caves all over the world? It all began when early humans all around the world a started painting such beautiful art. How all the animals are mostly common in all the caves. Now they are teaching children how to paint. With enough scientific information these caves are proven to be about 40,000 years old. Some of the most famous art are from the European upper Paleolithic, being manufactured between 40 and 12,000 years ago. This is the brief information on the study of all ten paintings all around the world.
On the website evoanth.wowordpress.com is a website full of information on prehistoric art. The author is Adam Benton and it was published July 23, 2013. The author is explaining how people made cave art. Since the 19th century this idea has fallen out of favour, given the incredible amount of effort people invested in the art. They created scaffolding to reach high areas, ventured into deep, dark and dangerous areas.The idea that cave art was ritualistic in nature culminated in the “shamanism hypothesis” which posited that cave art was the result of a tribe’s mystics documenting their spiritual journey.
Another reason why the first paintings were cave paintings. From the website http://www.webexhibits.org Ancient peoples decorated walls of protected caves with paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat. In cave paintings, the pigments stuck to the wall partially because the pigment became trapped in the porous wall. Historians hypothesize that paint was applied with brushing, smearing, dabbing, and spraying techniques. These pigments were the so-called earth pigments.
In the article Youngzine nearly 350 caves with elaborate works of the art have been found in France and Spain alone, and many more in Australia, New Guinea, Africa, India, Argentina and other counties. The earliest cave art found in Frances Chauvet Cave date back 33,000 years and were mostly black and white - figures drawn from charcoal embers. The ceilings and walls are covered with frescoes of animals, and scenes depicting man versus beast. What was the purpose of these paintings? Were they a way our ancestors spent their idle time, or an ancient ritual.
In conclusion, prehistoric cave painters had many purposes for painting.The idea that cave art was ritualistic in nature culminated in the “shamanism hypothesis” which posited that cave art was the result of a tribe’s mystics documenting their spiritual journey.These pigments were the so-called earth pigments.This is the brief information on the study of all ten paintings all around the world. What other things do you wonder about the cave paintings.
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Jorge
2/14/2014 01:13:21 am
Nice essay they are pretty chunckie (that is a compliment)
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Diana
2/14/2014 01:18:04 am
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Destiny
2/14/2014 01:20:48 am
Great
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Ashley
2/14/2014 01:23:50 am
Nice essay 😆
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Ashley
2/14/2014 01:02:31 am
Prehistoric Art
By:Ashley
2/14/14
Do you know what animals were drawn in caves? There were a lot of animals that were drawn in the caves. Many of the animals are extinct today. Most of the animals were drawn by children. The children's learned how to draw from there parents. Most of them just drew for fun. But the number one question is (how did they draw on the roof of the cave?). Still today no now really knows but I think I could have the answer and I think they used a special tool to reach up there.
In Youngzine, an online children's magazine, Deepa Gopal, ("Cave Art Found:Was it A
Prehistoric Preschool?"Oct. 10,2011),describes how archeologist, Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe have studied the art in a cave in France, know as the "Cave of a Hundred Mammoths." This source shows that in many ages they drew, there drawings were mostly in every cave there was. The prehistoric people learned to draw when they were in a young age. Also they used many materials just to draw. This article has showed me that you just don't need to get every information by the internet.
Another source is called Bradeshaw Foundation website.("In 1998, the eminent
French prehistorian Dr. Jean Clottes headed the first research team in Chauvet Cave, under great security"). Chauvet Cave is one of the most popular cave,why?, because most of our ancestors drew in the cave. The early humans, which is our ancestors their hobby was to draw on cave walls. Most of them drew for fun. This source helped me a lot .
This last source is called The Cave of Chauvet-PONT-D'ARC a website.("On Sunday, December 18, 1994, Jean-Marie Chauvet led his two friends, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire, on the Cirque d'Estre toward the cliffs"). They are the ones that discovered the painting in that cave. Cave panting are one of the first pantings in the history. Many of there materials are still used today for some painters.
In conclusion the Prehistoric Cave painters art was the most popular back then, and still today, because today we still are experiencing there art in many caves. All kinds of scientist have found there painting and there is still more to find. There painting has shone us today that there was amazing artist back then. Even though they may be our ancestors we know they drew just amazing and beautiful. So just remember artist today if it weren't for our ancestors today we wouldn't have no experience on painting.
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Evamarie
2/14/2014 01:12:53 am
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2/14/2014 01:16:46 am
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Destiny
2/14/2014 01:02:51 am
Do Early Cave Paintings Tell Stories?
By: Destiny
February 14,2014
Have ever wondered if cave paintings tell a story or tried to leave a message? Early humans left us gorgeous paintings of animals and humans. Could these actually something or be warnings? Some caves are full of these paintings. Archeologists are trying to figure out what they mean. They have found countless of these gorgeous paintings, some found by children. These paintings are an important part of history.
On the website evoath.com (published October 9, 2008) it says, the paintings most likely do tell stories, because there are so many paintings are shown over and over again. However not all scientist agree, scientist say that these paintings are referred to "Arts for Arts." This phrase means " The beauty of the fine arts is reason enough for pursuing them." Art does not have to have a reason, it can just be a learning experience for the early humans." Just like painters today, early humans painted because they enjoyed paintings because it helped them express their feelings.
On the website edsitement.com ( published September 9, 2010) tells you how early humans' cave art did tell a story. They would paint animals, only the animals they saw most frequently because they amused them. They would paint human beings, because they saw these things most or frequently. Most of the paintings were all about the things they saw most, or the things they would see that was interesting. But of course there is no way to be 100% sure.
On the website fuelyourwriting.com (published June 19, 2012 written by Christopher Jackson) it shows evidence on this topic. It clearly states, "In a recent article over at Science News, they reported on a new paper that describes how Stone Age artists animated their cave paintings, in order to help them tell a story." This report tells you how most of these paintings do tell stories with animation. Scientist believe these stories are mythical stories that sometimes children would draw. These paintings could mean different things and tell different stories.
In conclusion, even though there are many scientist and archeologists that do not believe in this theory there are an even greater amount of scientist and archeologists that do believe in this theory. There is a greater amount of evidence showing cart art did tell stories than sayings they don't. For example, early humans decorated their cave walls with animation. No matter what happens if this theory is proven correct or not these paintings will be remembered forever.
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:20:54 am
I like your conclusion
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Natalie ♥️
2/14/2014 01:28:12 am
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Gabriel
2/14/2014 01:27:17 am
I really liked it nice work
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:03:04 am
What Materials Did Early Humans Used To Paint With?
By: Alize G.
Have you ever wondered what kind of materials did early people used to paint with? I bet the materials was hard to find or maybe it was easy to find. My investigations will show you what type of materials early humans used.
On digonsite.com it describes what kind of materials did they used. From my investigation from that website they used pigment from minerals, red colors were obtained from iron oxide, black either came from charcoal or manganese, and white was rarely used perhaps it came from kaolin or kaolinite. These minerals were ground up on pestles and mortars, and combined to produce a variety of colors. Maybe they used water to make the paint. Archaeologists used to think that the pigments were mixed with oil or fats, but experiments have shown that this did not work. Early humans have painted the walls with fingers, hand, fur, or possibly brushes from twigs. Probably early humans have used blue and green colors obtained from plants such as woad, but these colors have faded from the walls, scientists are not sure of this.
Also on a other website called earlyhumans.mrdonn.org, it describes the materials early humans used. From my investigation, "... You may have heard that they used charcoal to paint these paintings, but actually most of the art was done without charcoal. They used natural colors. They have also used mineral pigments, such as iron oxide (for red), or black manganese. They drew stick figures for people and the animals were well drawn.
In conclusion, it's really cool how early people used these minerals to paint with. "...It may be too late, but somewhere in a cave might be cave paintings made by early humans.
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Natalie ♥️
2/14/2014 01:25:53 am
Perfect Alize
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:30:15 am
Gracias 😊
Alma
2/14/2014 01:03:05 am
Prehistoric Amazing Artists
by Alma C.
Have you ever seen cave art? If so did you wonder who were these artist? If you have never seen cave art and seen it only in pictures but your still curious who were these very talented artist. It would be a good thing to read this article if you are curious because your an artist or like to draw you can see that our ancestors loved it too.
In the Youngzine online article written by Deepa Gopal. The article describes how Archeologists Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe found what looked like prehistoric finger painting. That someone had dragged their three middle fingers in a pattern on the wet clay walls. But they weren't ordinary. By measuring the space between the lines and matching them up against modern children. They found out it was finger prints of children as young as three! Using these measuring techniques, Van Gilder and her helping team found that four children between the ages of three and seven had created most of the beautiful works of art. They thought that maybe this was a preschool playroom where the walls were left for children to draw as they wished, or a corner where they were taught the art of cave painting! That's amazing. What do you think?
In the informational website youngzine.com written by Deppa Gopal explains that artist were our ancestors, "stone age hunter gatherers who roamed the plains of Europe in the late Paleolithic Age. The late Paleolithic Age which lasted between 40,000 and 9,000 years ago, was a period when glaciers were retreating from much of Europe and Asia after the Ice Age." There has been almost 350 caves found in Europe and France. The earliest of there cave art was found almost 33,000 years ago. They were mostly in black and white and they were beautiful paintings. They were very talented.
The facts in the website Youngzine.com by Deepa Gopal explains people always thought it was cavemen not cave women but what they didn't know was that it mostly women and children but it was men too. The facts indicate that their paintings on the ceiling were mostly made by children. Because their parents would put them on their shoulders. For that reason, it wasn't only men it was women and children too.
In conclusion we know these artists were talented. They left there talent for us in the future to see. They may be gone now but those painting make sure that we never forget they were on earth here once before.
Prehistoric Amazing Artists
by Alma C.
Have you ever seen cave art? If so did you wonder who were these artist? If you have never seen cave art and seen it only in pictures but your still curious who were these very talented artist. It would be a good thing to read this article if you are curious because your an artist or like to draw you can see that our ancestors loved it too.
In the Youngzine online article written by Deepa Gopal. The article describes how Archeologists Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe found what looked like prehistoric finger painting. That someone had dragged their three middle fingers in a pattern on the wet clay walls. But they weren't ordinary. By measuring the space between the lines and matching them up against modern children. They found out it was finger prints of children as young as three! Using these measuring techniques, Van Gilder and her helping team found that four children between the ages of three and seven had created most of the beautiful works of art. They thought that maybe this was a preschool playroom where the walls were left for children to draw as they wished, or a corner where they were taught the art of cave painting! That's amazing. What do you think?
In the informational website youngzine.com written by Deppa Gopal explains that artist were our ancestors, "stone age hunter gatherers who roamed the plains of Europe in the late Paleolithic Age. The late Paleolithic Age which lasted between 40,000 and 9,000 years ago, was a period when glaciers were retreating from much of Europe and Asia after the Ice Age." There has been almost 350 caves found in Europe and France. The earliest of there cave art was found almost 33,000 years ago. They were mostly in black and white and they were beautiful paintings. They were very talented.
The facts in the website Youngzine.com by Deepa Gopal explains people always thought it was cavemen not cave women but what they didn't know was that it mostly women and children but it was men too. The facts indicate that their paintings on the ceiling were mostly made by children. Because their parents would put them on their shoulders. For that reason, it wasn't only men it was women and children too.
In conclusion we know these artists were talented. They left there talent for us in the future to see. They may be gone now but those painting make sure that we never forget they were on earth here once before.
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Nelly❤️
2/14/2014 01:16:15 am
Wow it's amazing 😃
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Diana
2/14/2014 01:22:09 am
Wow that is long yet good!! Did your fingers hurt when you were typing?! Jk😝
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Dylan
2/14/2014 01:03:13 am
Prehistoric Art
What resources did the prehistoric art painters
Use to paint?
By:Dylan S.
February 14, 2014
Have you ever wondered how many different types of resources ancient people used to paint? We see examples of prehistoric art in cave paintings in Europe and North America and all the continents except Antarctica. These caves have been found in many ways. For example, (From the website, The Discovery of the Lascaux Cave paintings), on September 8, 1940, a boy named Marcel went on a treasure hunt. For years, people had talked about a secret, underground passage in the countryside around their French village. They said that the passage led to hidden treasure. The French teenager thought he had found the passage when he discovered the opening to a long vertical shaft. Four days later, on September 12, Marcel and three of his friends returned to explore it. The only treasure they found was cave art.
Many different kinds of plants were used to paint. (Pigment through the Ages a website the topic is called, Painting techniques, Douma, Michael, curator. Pigments through the Ages. 2008. Institute for Dynamic Educational Development.) Archeologists have found evidence from the source, (Pigments through the ages), The prehistoric art painters used berries to paint. They smashed the berries to make paint. The cave painters went outside and found the berries and brought the berries to the cave so they could use them to color the paint. The berries stain lasted for a long time.
Scientists claim that the prehistoric painters used charcoal to paint and draw. From the website, (Pigment through the ages). they had to find charcoal somewhere in the cave and mine their way to it and they used it like pencils. Charcoal is black. The evidence shows that the people came to a cave with paintings and you can see the black charcoal and there are many charcoals in a cave.
Many of the resources such as mud, blood, dye, and all sorts of resources were used. They used mud by gathering mud and and paint. They used blood by getting blood from themselves or other people. They used dye by gathering powder and putting it in water and mixing it together to make dye.
Scientists also say, from the article,(Pigments trough the ages) that the prehistoric art painters used animal fat to paint. They used a bone to draw with and used it like a stylus. The article on (pigments through the ages) the colors that the prehistoric people used to paint was, red ochre, yellow ochre and umber), charcoal from the fire (carbon black), burnt bones (bone black) and white from grounded calcite (lime white).
The prehistoric art painters used many different resourses to paint such as from the website, (The pigments through the ages). They used all of these resourses. The archeologist made a paste with various binders, including water, vegetable juices, urine, animal fat, bone marrow, blood, and albumen.
For an example, the website,(Pigments trough the ages),there is a picture of negative hands in the Roucadour cave made of carbon black and red ochre. The cave of Roucadour is a large cavity with easy access, formed by a steep descending main gallery (15-20 m wide; 15 m high) and a lateral gallery (40 m long). The figures are at the end of the lateral gallery, 6 m above the present floor level.
From the website, (http://www.ancientcraft.co.uk/reenactment/prehistoric_art.html) Ochre is sometimes associated with early human burials, such as the Neanderthal skeletons at Le Moustier and La Chapelle-aux-Saints. However one of the most famous uses of red ochre at a burial, was of a young man who died 23,500 years ago - the so called the "Red Lady" of Paviland. The oldest anatomically modern human remains found in the UK (now in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History - below right). His red dyed bones were discovered between 18th and 25th January 1823 by Rev.
Prehistoric people made paints from crushed plant or animal material and colored rock and soils. They also used the pigments available in the vicinity. These pigments were the so-called earth pigments, (minerals limonite and hematite, red ochre, yellow ochre and umber.) From the website, (pigments through the ages) Prehistoric dwellers may have discovered that, unlike the dye colors they were using and which were derived from animal and vegetable sources, the color that came from iron oxide deposits in the earth would not fade with the changing environment.
Those are the resources or example of what the prehistoric art painter used to paint.
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2/14/2014 01:22:30 am
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2/14/2014 01:27:44 am
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Ryen
2/14/2014 01:03:40 am
The Invention of Paint
By, Ryen Silvas
February 14,2014
What resources did cavemen use to paint? In cave art paintings cavemen used different things to paint with to make their paint they used charcoal, animal fat, and water, cavemen couldn't really find many things to use to paint with so they had to make and find different resources. Cavemen had a really rough life so they didn't have a lot of resources to use to paint, so they had to use what they had around them. Cavemen had to salvage what they had so they can use it whenever they wanted to.
(webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/early.html 2-6-14) In Pigments Through the Ages an online magazine, (Prehistory: Painting Techniques) it describes what cavemen used to paint in the prehistoric days, it also tells you how the paint sticks, and how the pigment became trapped because of the (spit or water) it adhered the pigment onto the wall, it explains how they got the paint off the brush, their brushes back in the prehistoric days were just like airbrushes, they are just like airbrushes because cavemen had to blow threw a hole in the wood, and thats how they painted back in the prehistoric days.
(arthistory4kids.wordpress.com 11-21-08), In Art History For Kids, an online blog (Early Art Tools) it tells you how cavemen didn't have as much resources as we do now a days, they used the cave walls instead of paper or canvas, twigs or leaves as brushes and different types of dirt and berries for paint. So back in the prehistoric days they weren't as fortunate as we are today, since cavemen didn't have a lot of resources all of the paint that they could make was black and red, so those were the most used colors.
(bradshawfoundation.com,Clottes & Lewis-Williams 1998)(In, Human & Animal Activities in the Deep Caves), an online blog, it told me how the cavemen used charcoal from the remains of torches, bones and flint tools left on the ground, they got the bones from the remains from their meals, caveman engraved their art work into the walls. Cavemen could only paint when the weather was just fine it couldn't rain or anything or else their paintings would be ruined. When cavemen painted sometimes there would be cracks in the wall so all of the remains would go into the cracks of the wall, "and in particular the bone fragments stuck forcibly into the cracks."
In conclusion, one thing that we can say about painting in the prehistoric days, is that it was very hard to paint back then. Painting to cavemen was fun because it gave them something to do. Cavemen taught their children to paint, so painting to cavemen is very important. They pass it on to generation to generation. Cavemen had to find a lot of resources to paint. Painting is very fun, some people think that painting is a way to express their feelings. So maybe you should try painting, maybe it will help you express your feelings.?
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Joselyne
2/14/2014 01:04:01 am
Have you ever thought what resources the cavemen use to paint with? Did you know that the cave painters made there own paint because nobody will make it for them? They used natural resources. Here is some evidence of what cave painters use to paint with.
Scientist have found evidence. The cavemen would use water, vegetable juice, urine, animal fat, animal bones, blood, and albumen. The red color they use is from iron. This is a children article, it was made by Michelle Douma. This site was published on January 1,2008. This article describes what pigment they used and how they found the stuff to make the paint. The article is called pigments through the ages. This article had a lot of evidence.
Scientist found some more evidence. The evidence was that the cavemen used palettes, paint brushes, charcoal, felt, pencils, water colors, oil, pastels, and big easel. The article is called buzzle.com, the person that wrote it is called Mural Belvalkar this was published on January 3,2012. These are some pigment they use in cave paintings. This was a good article but only had one paragraph and a little bit of evidence.
This is some other evidence the scientist found. "They will paint with the polychrome, or multicolors, pictures were executed for about 11,000 years." The menage of animals decided to include horse, stags, cattle, and lions." This article was wrote by phil whiter. The website this was found on was ehow.com. This article did not have a lot of evidence. So i don't really recommend it but you could still get some evidence out of the article.
In conclusion these article has some evidence early people will use or did use to paint with. This article also talks about how they made the paint a how they made the color and what color they made. Pigment through the ages was a good article it had lot information. These are some facts or answers of what resources people will use to paint with. These are some natural resources they used.
What Cave Painters Use to Paint With
By: Joselyne
February 14,2014
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Leslie
2/14/2014 01:24:57 am
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2/14/2014 01:28:26 am
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Alma
2/14/2014 01:04:07 am
Prehistoric Amazing Artists
by Alma C.
Have you ever seen cave art? If so did you wonder who were these artist? If you have never seen cave art and seen it only in pictures but your still curious who were these very talented artist. It would be a good thing to read this article if you are curious because your an artist or like to draw you can see that our ancestors loved it too.
In the Youngzine online article written by Deepa Gopal. The article describes how Archeologists Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe found what looked like prehistoric finger painting. That someone had dragged their three middle fingers in a pattern on the wet clay walls. But they weren't ordinary. By measuring the space between the lines and matching them up against modern children. They found out it was finger prints of children as young as three! Using these measuring techniques, Van Gilder and her helping team found that four children between the ages of three and seven had created most of the beautiful works of art. They thought that maybe this was a preschool playroom where the walls were left for children to draw as they wished, or a corner where they were taught the art of cave painting! That's amazing. What do you think?
In the informational website youngzine.com written by Deppa Gopal explains that artist were our ancestors, "stone age hunter gatherers who roamed the plains of Europe in the late Paleolithic Age. The late Paleolithic Age which lasted between 40,000 and 9,000 years ago, was a period when glaciers were retreating from much of Europe and Asia after the Ice Age." There has been almost 350 caves found in Europe and France. The earliest of there cave art was found almost 33,000 years ago. They were mostly in black and white and they were beautiful paintings. They were very talented.
The facts in the website Youngzine.com by Deepa Gopal explains people always thought it was cavemen not cave women but what they didn't know was that it mostly women and children but it was men too. The facts indicate that their paintings on the ceiling were mostly made by children. Because their parents would put them on their shoulders. For that reason, it wasn't only men it was women and children too.
In conclusion we know these artists were talented. They left there talent for us in the future to see. They may be gone now but those painting make sure that we never forget they were on earth here once before.
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Evamarie
2/14/2014 01:11:38 am
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Jonathan
2/14/2014 01:29:29 am
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Kaylee
2/14/2014 01:04:35 am
What resources did they use to paint?
By: Kaylee
February 14, 2014
Archeologist found cave paintings in almost every caves they have been to. Archeologist think that they may have used charcoal from their torches to paint, they also use bones from their previous meals. They used the bones like paintbrushes. They think that once in a while they used minerals to paint. They were the earliest mankind to ever paint. Not all archeologist think alike.
In buzzle.com Mrunal Blevalker said that the paintings told a story. They told their actual life time. Mrunal thinks they where the earliest mankind to ever paint. She also thought that used charcoal from there torches. She also said that they used iron oxide to paint red, manganese oxide to paint black, and clay colored by iron oxides was used to paint yellow.
Another example, in a online article Pigment Through the Ages. Michael Douma said that red was the first color that cave men used to paint. Red was a major color for most or maybe all the cavemen. They used all kind of red resources they found around them. Also they may have mixed resources together to make different types colors. Red was a very important color. They made red to signify blood and fire. They had to have a bunch of the material that they have found.
To explain more about what resources did the early people use to paint, Mrunal said that cave paintings told a tale about human progress and development.They made cave paintings to explain their feelings. They put those resources into a good use.
In conclusion, one thing we can say is they the cavemen taught us how to paint and how to mix colors. For whatever reason why cavemen drew in their cave walls, maybe it was for telling stories or just drawing in the cave like coloring in a coloring book. No one knows. They sure made a mark on the world.
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Jonathan
2/14/2014 01:04:55 am
Have You Ever Wondered
How Cave Artist Drew So Well ?
By: Jonathan
Have you ever wondered how cave art people lived back then, or seen their art?
Well all I got to say is wow! Well they got pretty good drawings and amazing colors.
They make all kinds of beautiful pictures they're Magnificent. So if you wondered how they drew so well? Well I got you covered.
You will learn how they drew so well, in this essay.
For an example in Youngzine, an online article for kids ("Written by Deepa Gopal published on October 10, 2011.") The cave painters will draw and kids well draw to there magnificent they will draw mostly mammoths, bison, horses, rhinos, hyena, and more animals. Also, have you ever wondered why there like no mistakes in there paintings? Well because the kids are taught at a young age how to draw. There is a preschool that they learn how to draw so well. That's why they draw so well. Also one interesting thing is that some kids drew with there three middle fingers.
In this paragraph you we'll be learning how they drew so well. In a different article called Evoanth, an online article published on (July 23, 2013) written by: Adam Benton.
He says that the cave painters drew so well
because the cave painters will draw some doodles to see how they will like there art,
then they will paint the one they like. He said that you might see some drawings written over each other Because they were doodles or they either mist up but, mostly they were doodles.
Also a deferent research paper is Prehistoric and Ancient Art, published on (December, 2011) Written by: Charles Moffat. He says that the prehistoric art people that drew they also would do some doodles. He also says that The kids were taught at a young age to draw. That's why they draw so good. There was a preschool for them. He also said that they would mostly draw the same thing over and over.
In the conclusion the most common things were that they would draw the same thing over and over. Also that they would do lots of doodles. So theys are so many good recourses for you guys can use, so if you need to search anything well you can use theys three articles. Now I have something you can do, look at there pictures and you will "LOVE THERE PICTURES!"
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Xavier
2/14/2014 01:13:51 am
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2/14/2014 01:15:36 am
Great work.
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2/14/2014 01:18:29 am
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Joseph
2/14/2014 01:05:13 am
Prehistoric Art
What Resources Did the Cave Man Used to Paint?
By: Joseph C.
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered how early humans learned to create the beautiful, detailed art that has been found in caves all over the world and what resources were used? In every continent, except Antarctica, explorers and even children have discovered painting that we're created by prehistoric artists. They are the earliest man created paintings found in caves. The cave painting tell stories of the important events that happened during early civilization.
In the first source Mr.Dig, on digonsit.com , the author Mr.Dig, gives examples of the different resources that caveman used when painting their cave walls. He mentions that , "Old Stone Age people were good drawers."The resources that he writes about are red rust, charcoal, mud, and plants that were used to paint with. The rust was gotten by iron oxide, the black came from charcoal. These resources were mixed with water to make paint. The blue and green from plants called woad. They used these paints to decorate their caves walls by using their fingers, fur , or twigs.
In addition, the article History of Cave Painting, from buzzle.com also describes the resources that caveman used to paint with. It says that " Cave paintings were probably the earliest art forms to have been created by mankind. " Some of the cave paintings are almost 30,000 years . It says that iron oxide was used to paint in red, manganese oxide was used to paint in black, and clay was used to paint in yellow. They also used different minerals in paints and mixed them to make special colors. They used sharp pointed stone tools to draw on the cave walls.
Furthermore,the author from the article Cave Paintings on thinkquest.com says that cave people drew animals on their walls to bring good fortune to them. Cave man used inks and dyes that came from plants. They used animal blood, sap, and many other things found in nature. The painting on the walls were made with animal bones and charcoal that was found near the cave paintings. Many rock tools were also found and most likely used for cave painting.
In conclusion ,many resources were used to make beautiful cave paintings in the Old Stone Age.These prehistoric paintings were drawn as a way to share the caveman's beliefs, emotions, and an understanding of their world.
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Eliseo
2/14/2014 01:12:09 am
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2/14/2014 01:14:46 am
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2/14/2014 01:28:21 am
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Gabriel
2/14/2014 01:05:24 am
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What was the prehistoric paint made with
Have you ever wondered what prehistoric cave painters paint with? Archeologists have wondered about this for years. Archeologists have found a way to find out what prehistoric artist used to paint with a method. People have posted their Theories about what they painted with.
In a web article ( wiwww.webexhibits.com ) pigments through the ages ( publication date 1997 ) the author Elisabeth Fitzhugh says "The first paintings were cave paintings. Ancient peoples decorated walls of protected caves with paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat." She had also said how the spit or animal fat helped the paint stick to the wall of the cave. "In cave paintings, the pigments stuck to the wall partially because the pigment became trapped in the porous wall, and partially because the binding media (the spit or fat) dried and adhered the pigment to the wall" the pigments they used to make the paint were minerals like limonite".
Did cave painters use crayons to paint cave art. In an web article called "Pigments used by Stone Age" ( www.visual-arts-cork.com) ( publication date is unknown ) It says that pieces of ochre were ground in to primitive crayons. In the Stone Age cave painters used charcoal for black red ochre for red and limonite for a lime color.
Another way they made paint was with charcoal, Limonite, And other Natural minerals. ( schoology ) ( author mr.Manso publication date Thursday February 13 2014) Neanderthals had taught how to make paint like in a "Paleolithic art school" were they practiced.
in conclusion people have been making paint since the Neanderthals age. Why would people take their time to make paint were there jobs or did they just enjoy making paint.
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:29:25 am
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Jorge
2/14/2014 01:05:30 am
How Were Cave Paintings Found
Have you ever wondered how early humans learned to paint such beautiful paintings that have been found in every continent except Antarctica. Even children found this art in caves. The paintings depict animals that were common in the period that are now extinct. Using carbon dating it is proven that some painting are over 40,000 years old. Some scientist think these artist were telling stories about there lives. The arts connect the past and the present. But when and where were these caves found. Some of these paintings were found bye accident.
On september 8 1940 a teenager Marcel went on treasure hunt in cave. One day Marcel told his friends if they wanted to go in the cave with him. The first time they went inside they had no lamp but now they do. A few hours later the kids found something that amazed them so much they brought other people. It was the cave art of millions of years ago. They planed to keep it a secret but it was too hard so they told the teacher and the teacher contacted an expert and the expert said they were the first to lay eyes on them.
Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings are discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly of animal representations, are among the finest examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period. the cave was 66ft wide and 16ft tall. They found 600 paintings and 1,500 symbols and engravings. The people found so many well detailed animals such as horses, red deer, stags, bovines, felines, and what appear to be mythical creatures.
According to the new dating tests it is proven that these painting of seals are over 42,000 years old. they are located in the Cave of Nerja, in Málaga. Paintings were thought to be made in the Aurignacian period. But the paintings are more primitive arts. They are are much older then the ones in the Chauvet cave. The charcoal dating is from is either from the paintings or the light source.
In conclusion the cave paintings were sometimes found as in a oops kind of thing. As well as the Lascaux cave paintings were found by children. But they will still be like "was up, we were all here". the paintings are just one of the secrets of the past . We still have a lot to learn about the cave artists and there secrets. So how and when and were these paintings found? the answers lie in the carbon dating it is proven that these paintings are over 42,000 years old. But the mysteries are not yet fully understood
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Gabriel
2/14/2014 01:14:23 am
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2/14/2014 01:16:50 am
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2/14/2014 01:22:40 am
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2/14/2014 01:31:04 am
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Eliseo
2/14/2014 01:06:22 am
What Kind of Animals did Frequently Found in Caves
By: Eliseo
Have you ever wondered what kinds of animals were most frequently depicted in cave panting all over the world? In every continent except Antarctica explorers and even children discover the wonders of cave paintings. They painted animals that are mostly not here in this world any more. Scientist have found a lot of cave panting all over the world. But this research report is focusing on what animal are they drawing the most. So far my research is a horses and buffalos.
The Paleolithic humans have painted over 10000 years .( CBS news December 6th 2012 horvath g.) he called it the four legged giant animal other words a horse. "Chance alone would dictate that artists mess up depictions of four-legged gait 73.3 percent of the time, the researchers calculated." "But art produced after prehistory but before Muybridge showed more errors than chance would allow. "In 2009, biological physicist Gabor Horvath, a researcher found that 63.6 percent of the animals depicted in anatomy textbooks were drawn in impossible gaits."
(in this article welcome travelers by je,czaja posted march 23 2013 )"Documentaries on the cave paintings often assert that the cave art was made for shamanistic purposes, that is, by “capturing” the animal on the cave wall they hoped to magically capture it outside and eat it." "This assumes that cave men were as crass as we are and “profit” was their motive." They painted animals because they saw it so beautiful. They paint what ever they see.
(in this website yahoo.com Ruth b.) She writes that all the caves she being in she sees buffaloes. Cavemen are very good animals drawers sometimes not even artist can't draw what they draw. When cavemen start a animal they finish it.
in conclusion the cavemen painted over 1000 years. They painted animals that are beautiful. Sometimes not even artist can draw what cavemen draw. We'll this is why I like cave painting.
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Brooke
2/14/2014 01:06:31 am
How Do Paintings Tell Stories?
By:Brooke
Have you ever wondered if cave paintings tell stories or a leave a message, did their beautiful paintings actually mean something? There paintings told what they saw. They saw animals and people. They mostly drew animals. They drew the same thing multiple times. It's like they wanted to practice over and over. They most likely did it because they
were humans just like us. Among all living creatures humans alone have the need to create,through visual art, music and dance. I don't think the did it for any other reason than a few had the need to create. It may have been used a part of the story telling, but I don't think there was any spiritual purpose or practical purpose such as to help in the hunt. There is no way to know for sure why, but you can ask why people make art today, and I think it is for the same reason they did it 40000 years ago.
Library/quest.org (was published 1978 by: Rebecca B.) "Among all living creatures humans alone have the need to create,through visual art, music and dance." They don't think they did it for any important reason than drawing on caves of what they saw . It may have been used a part of the telling stories. There is no way to know for sure why, but you can ask why people make art today, and they think it is for the same reason they did it 40000 years ago. You can incorporate religion, spirituality, and instructions in art, but that isn't the founding reason for doing it. They painted what they saw, like animals and humans like themselves. People painted to leave history behind. They had to use stuff like berries to paint in the dark caves. It was the only way to leave stories behind.
The paintings have been scattered around the caves by the early humans. CCN.com
(was published June 23, 2013 by Matt Smith) They wanted to be creative so sometimes they would paint in caves. The paintings are amazing, after all those years people still look at them today. For 27,000 years, since the first cave paintings were discovered, storytelling has been one of our most powerful ways of communication.They left interesting stories left behind. If you really look at those paintings it sorta looks like a movie. The early humans didn't have much to do, so they learned how to draw on caves.
The early humans needed to tell stories. keithmccafferty.com (published September 12, 2013)
Before standard letters and symbols were used, early humans used drawings such as cave paintings to tell stories and communicate. They filled these cave walls using paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat, and for paintings tools they used sticks, feathers, and horsehair. These cave painting are very old and after all these years they are still there, they didn't fade away.
In conclusion early humans told stories by drawing paintings in caves. That's how they communicated with other people like them. That's one way to talk to other people. Their painting told stories. They painted the same thing over and over to make it perfect.
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2/14/2014 01:17:42 am
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2/14/2014 01:17:51 am
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2/14/2014 01:21:18 am
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2/14/2014 01:06:40 am
Finding Prehistoric Art
by: Natalie J.
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered how Prehistoric cave paintings were found? Caves are located all over the world. Many cave paintings that were found were painted almost 15,00 to 17,000 years ago. Prehistoric Art is a way that cave artist told stories.
So how are cave paintings found? Some Prehistoric cave paintings were recently found Near Montignac, France, on July 27, 2013. The collection of Prehistoric Cave Paintings were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cave. The 15,000 year old paintings, are mostly of animals, "they are among the finest examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period." The scientist say the cave was " 66 feet wide and 16 feet high. The walls of the cave are decorated with some 600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1,500 engravings."
Another cave was found on May 17, 2013, on the Caribbean Island by Dr. Alice Samson. She claims, "We had found more than we expected when we flew to the Caribbean two weeks earlier." Scientist searched the island for caves. ( http://blog.britishmuseum.org) They discovered paints with "extensive pre-Columbian mining and artistic practices deep inside caves" with a "diversity of new rock art" including pictographs and finger-incised designs representing humans and animal images. Designs, that covered the walls and ceilings
In September 1940, four boys Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas and Simon's dog set out on an adventure in Dordogne. When they first set off they didn't think they would find such a beautiful thing, like Prehistoric art. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk). When scientists went in the cave they said, "walls and ceiling were covered in paintings." The paintings claimed to12,000 years ago.
How are Prehistoric cave paintings found? The paintings are usually just found by humans exploring nature; Children running after their ball; teenagers going on an adventure. You cant just go searching for a cave with art inside. You find special things when you aren't looking for them. Prehistoric cave art is everywhere, It just depends where you look.
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Christopher
2/14/2014 01:11:23 am
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Ryen
2/14/2014 01:16:10 am
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2/14/2014 01:20:45 am
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2/14/2014 01:06:40 am
The Invention of Paint
By, Ryen Silvas
February 14,2014
What resources did cavemen use to paint? In cave art paintings cavemen used different things to paint with to make their paint they used charcoal, animal fat, and water, cavemen couldn't really find many things to use to paint with so they had to make and find different resources. Cavemen had a really rough life so they didn't have a lot of resources to use to paint, so they had to use what they had around them. Cavemen had to salvage what they had so they can use it whenever they wanted to.
(webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/early.html 2-6-14) In Pigments Through the Ages an online magazine, (Prehistory: Painting Techniques) it describes what cavemen used to paint in the prehistoric days, it also tells you how the paint sticks, and how the pigment became trapped because of the (spit or water) it adhered the pigment onto the wall, it explains how they got the paint off the brush, their brushes back in the prehistoric days were just like airbrushes, they are just like airbrushes because cavemen had to blow threw a hole in the wood, and thats how they painted back in the prehistoric days.
(arthistory4kids.wordpress.com 11-21-08), In Art History For Kids, an online blog (Early Art Tools) it tells you how cavemen didn't have as much resources as we do now a days, they used the cave walls instead of paper or canvas, twigs or leaves as brushes and different types of dirt and berries for paint. So back in the prehistoric days they weren't as fortunate as we are today, since cavemen didn't have a lot of resources all of the paint that they could make was black and red, so those were the most used colors.
(bradshawfoundation.com,Clottes & Lewis-Williams 1998)(In, Human & Animal Activities in the Deep Caves), an online blog, it told me how the cavemen used charcoal from the remains of torches, bones and flint tools left on the ground, they got the bones from the remains from their meals, caveman engraved their art work into the walls. Cavemen could only paint when the weather was just fine it couldn't rain or anything or else their paintings would be ruined. When cavemen painted sometimes there would be cracks in the wall so all of the remains would go into the cracks of the wall, "and in particular the bone fragments stuck forcibly into the cracks."
In conclusion, one thing that we can say about painting in the prehistoric days, is that it was very hard to paint back then. Painting to cavemen was fun because it gave them something to do. Cavemen taught their children to paint, so painting to cavemen is very important. They pass it on to generation to generation. Cavemen had to find a lot of resources to paint. Painting is very fun, some people think that painting is a way to express their feelings. So maybe you should try painting, maybe it will help you express your feelings.?
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Gabriel
2/14/2014 01:24:57 am
I like paragraph 2
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Leslie
2/14/2014 01:27:56 am
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Brandon
2/14/2014 01:06:46 am
How Cave Paintings Started. By: Brandon
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered why cave painters even started to paint. We'll it all started when early humans started to paint all over the world except Antarctica. It is said that early humans started to draw so they can record events. It is said the events they recorded were mostly what they hunted.They used many resources to record these events.
Scientist and researchers have found many cave paintings in the Lascaux cave on September 12, 1949 discovered. The cave was 66 feet wide and 16 feet tall. And most of the paintings had many events. They were mostly hunting horses and buffalo. While some of them could be just animals by themselves or in their groups. And other paintings show people worshiping gods or people doing field work.
Another reason why these early cave painters painted is that they we're bored. Many people and scientist said that they just painted for fun. This actually makes sense because not only adults painted but kids did to. While researching the caves, they found footprints that belonged to kids. So that proves that not only adults painted but kids to. But then how did they learn how to paint so good. We'll many people say that they started to learn at a young age. Scientists called the caves a preschool play room because a lot of kids painted at a very young age. No wonder there so talented artists.
My last find is about a theory. According to David Lewis-Williams
paleolithic shamans painted the cave arts. He says that there paintings were to advanced and that they were under a trance. And while in that trance they would have visions and paint them, "Perhaps with some notion of drawing power out of the cave walls themselves." It could be found in (http://blog.world-mysteries.com/strange-artifacts/prehistoric-cave-paintings/).
In conclusion, one thing we know is that they left there mark. We might never know what was there propose to draw these amazing paintings. There are so many possible answers but we will never know the right one.
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Brandon
2/14/2014 01:09:17 am
How Cave Paintings Started. By: Brandon
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered why cave painters even started to paint. We'll it all started when early humans started to paint all over the world except Antarctica. It is said that early humans started to draw so they can record events. It is said the events they recorded were mostly what they hunted.They used many resources to record these events.
Scientist and researchers have found many cave paintings in the Lascaux cave on September 12, 1949 discovered. The cave was 66 feet wide and 16 feet tall. And most of the paintings had many events. They were mostly hunting horses and buffalo. While some of them could be just animals by themselves or in their groups. And other paintings show people worshiping gods or people doing field work.
Another reason why these early cave painters painted is that they we're bored. Many people and scientist said that they just painted for fun. This actually makes sense because not only adults painted but kids did to. While researching the caves, they found footprints that belonged to kids. So that proves that not only adults painted but kids to. But then how did they learn how to paint so good. We'll many people say that they started to learn at a young age. Scientists called the caves a preschool play room because a lot of kids painted at a very young age. No wonder there so talented artists.
My last find is about a theory. According to David Lewis-Williams
paleolithic shamans painted the cave arts. He says that there paintings were to advanced and that they were under a trance. And while in that trance they would have visions and paint them, "Perhaps with some notion of drawing power out of the cave walls themselves." It could be found in (http://blog.world-mysteries.com/strange-artifacts/prehistoric-cave-paintings/).
In conclusion, one thing we know is that they left there mark. We might never know what was there propose to draw these amazing paintings. There are so many possible answers but we will never know the right one.
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Ryen
2/14/2014 01:24:25 am
I like how you explained what they did
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Kassandra
2/14/2014 01:07:09 am
Creating Beautiful Prehistoric Art
By: Kassandra
February 14, 2014
Do you ever wonder what resources cave people used to paint with? How they were able to make the paintings last? What kind of tools did they use to paint? The only used natural resources. The tool they mostly used was their fingers. It is obvious they didn't have a store to buy paint so they used what they could find.
In Pigments Through the Ages, an online article, The Palette,(Jan-1-2008), researchers have found resources in paint like charcoal (carbon, and any remaining ash that was used for black). Early people would find resources like umber (a pigment that contains iron and manganese oxide), red ochre(a natural red-brown pigment used for red), And yellow ochre (clay colored by iron oxides used for yellow). However animal fat made the paintings stay. They would mix all their resources and make a palette. Then the painting would stay for a long time. To rephrase it researchers were able to find those beautiful paintings.
In The Archive, an online article, cave paintings, by Paul Johnson researcher's found what looked like marks on the cave walls. They later found out that early people used rock to draw on the walls. To explain they would find different colored rocks to make the paintings colorful. The powder from the rock stayed on the cave wall when they scratched on it. This made the cave painting look more like a drawing then a painting. You can see the straight lines early people drew making the painting look more neat. Their were curved lines and wavy lines. In addition the paintings looked almost like how we draw now.
In the mitchellteachers.net, an online article, Alan Shawn a researcher saw a cave that wasn't like the others. Researchers saw cave paintings that were decorated after being painted. Early people would find a place that needed to be decorated and stick their decorations. For example they would mostly use seashells or flowers. The decorations always fit the paintings in a beautiful way. To rephrase it the decorations added some color and beauty. Cave painters choose a place to decorate they found a place that would look nice. To explain they didn't just randomly choose a place to stick a decoration like kindergarten children.
To be clear early people would use resources to make paint that they could find and use. They also used objects like rocks that could be used to draw on cave walls. They also found objects to decorate their paintings like seashells. Furthermore the cave painters only used resources that they know they could use. In other words cave painters only used natural resources and know how to use them.
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Alma
2/14/2014 01:21:45 am
Great work
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Christopher
2/14/2014 01:08:25 am
Prehistoric cave art
Christopher P
February 14 2014
Have you ever wondered when and where really old paintings found in? Didn't you ever want to find out we're the oldest cave paintings were found? Some of the first cave paintings were found in 1870 Altamira Spain. Two boys were looking for their dog ,but they found a really nice and old painting.
'Earliest such art in Europe dates back to the Aurignacian period, approximately 40,000 years ago, and is found in the El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain.'
Have you ever wondered when and were some of the most popular caves found. For instance the chauvet cave is a really popular cave, and it was discovered in December 1994. The chauvet It was found accidentally by three local cavers the cave painters names are (Hillaire, Eliette Brunel-Deschamps and Jean-Marie)`.
This information was found http://www.experienceardeche.
Have you ever wondered how prehistoric humans make paint to be able to draw such beautiful cave paintings. Prehistoric humans would use dirt and charcoal and they would mix the dirt with spit or animal fat. The reason why it the paint would stick to the cave, is because The spit or animal fat would stick to the cave. Sometimes the cave men would just make hand prints on the wall.
What made prehistoric humans make cave art?
Cave men found inspiration from animals and random things they found in the wild.
Scientist never really had a answers ,but they thought that (One of the earliest explanations for cave art is the “arts for art’s sake”).
In conclusion prehistoric cave men have done so much art work for over thousands of years. The cave men are a Really big part of history.
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Eliseo
2/14/2014 01:14:32 am
Good job
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Roxana
2/14/2014 01:08:50 am
Beautiful Cave Art creat by natural paint
by: Roxana
February 14, 2014
Have you ever seen or heard about cave paintings? Does it make you think, what resources could have early people use to create paint? It's obvious that when cave art was created there wasn't a factory that made paint, you had to make your own. Scientist have found evidence of what resources early people might have use to create paint.
For example, in Pigments through the Ages, an online article, (January 1, 2008), author Michael Douma writes that Prehistoric people use earth's natural resources. Prehistoric people used colors such as red ochre,(a brown and red natural pigment color), yellow ochre, (a natural earth pigment mostly contains clay and colored by iron oxides), and umber (a natural pigment that contains iron and manganese oxide that creates a light brown). To create the color black people charcoal (is carbon or any ash from fire), to create bone black people used burn bones. People also gathered plants, berries, and vegetable oil to create paint. Prehistoric people used basically anything the can gather.
Another type of resource Prehistoric people could have use was animal skin. I found this information in an article on buzzle.com History of cave paintings published (January 3, 2012) by Mrunal Belvalkar. This article said that Prehistoric people could have used animal skin to make paint brush and they also could have used plants. Prehistoric people also didn't use bright colors to paint they used dull and basic colors. These are some of the resource people could have use to paint cave paintings.
Prehistoric people used tools to paint on cave walls. They used sharp tools to make lines on cave walls. To make theses tools people used rocks and sharpen them with other rocks. This information was found on an article in ehow.com What are the tools and material used in cave paintings by Phil Whitmer. People also used animal fat.
In conclusion, it might sound like it was a easy job to create paint but it was hard. People had to spread out and gather anything that they could find.Then they had to mix all the things they gathered and see if it created a color to paint. To be clear Prehistoric people only used natural resources. Therefore if Prehistoric people didn't invent cave paintings we would have never know about them or there beautiful cave art.
Beautiful Cave Art creat by natural paint
by: Roxana
February 14, 2014
Have you ever seen or heard about cave paintings? Does it make you think, what resources could have early people use to create paint? It's obvious that when cave art was created there wasn't a factory that made paint, you had to make your own. Scientist have found evidence of what resources early people might have use to create paint.
For example, in Pigments through the Ages, an online article, (January 1, 2008), author Michael Douma writes that Prehistoric people use earth's natural resources. Prehistoric people used colors such as red ochre,(a brown and red natural pigment color), yellow ochre, (a natural earth pigment mostly contains clay and colored by iron oxides), and umber (a natural pigment that contains iron and manganese oxide that creates a light brown). To create the color black people charcoal (is carbon or any ash from fire), to create bone black people used burn bones. People also gathered plants, berries, and vegetable oil to create paint. Prehistoric people used basically anything the can gather.
Another type of resource Prehistoric people could have use was animal skin. I found this information in an article on buzzle.com History of cave paintings published (January 3, 2012) by Mrunal Belvalkar. This article said that Prehistoric people could have used animal skin to make paint brush and they also could have used plants. Prehistoric people also didn't use bright colors to paint they used dull and basic colors. These are some of the resource people could have use to paint cave paintings.
Prehistoric people used tools to paint on cave walls. They used sharp tools to make lines on cave walls. To make theses tools people used rocks and sharpen them with other rocks. This information was found on an article in ehow.com What are the tools and material used in cave paintings by Phil Whitmer. People also used animal fat.
In conclusion, it might sound like it was a easy job to create paint but it was hard. People had to spread out and gather anything that they could find.Then they had to mix all the things they gathered and see if it created a color to paint. To be clear Prehistoric people only used natural resources. Therefore if Prehistoric people didn't invent cave paintings we would have never know about them or there beautiful cave art.
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Kassandra
2/14/2014 01:21:05 am
It came out great!
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Brian
2/14/2014 01:09:44 am
The Resources of Prehistoric Cave Men
By: Brian
Have you ever wondered what material early humans used to create the beautiful, detailed art that has been found in caves all over the world? Cave men have been around for thousands of years, they have learned how to paint and draw in caves. But what kind of materials did they use, to draw those beautiful painting? Many caves has been use to draw or paint. the Chauvet Cave is famous for its amazing colors and how old it is. Nearly 350 caves were found in France and Spain alone. France's Chauvet Cave is dated back in 33,000 year and were mostly black and white -- figures. The Chauvet Cave was found in December 4,1994. Do you ever wonder how did prehistoric cave men painted in the walls?
First of all they needed to make the paint. In Youngzine, an online children magazine, Deepa Gopal,( "Cave Art Found: Was It A Prehistoric Preschool?" Oct. 10, 2011), describes how archeologist, Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe have studied the art in a cave in France, known as the "Cave of a Hundred Mammouths."The painting were mixed with natural pigments from earths' grounds, sometimes they use animal fat with pigment to create their palette. Animal fat will help the paint to last longer then regular pigment.
Scientist believe that the most common colors that prehistoric cave men have been used in over the past 10,000 years ago were, red and yellow ochre, manganese or carbon for black, and china clay for white.
Scientist believed that cave man use their finger to paint, also they get a tree twig and bites the end of it, until it start to become thin straw. Scientist elso believe that these's tools are most in common for cave painting.
It didn't really mater that are ancestors did not have technology to do fun stuff, like what we do in 2014. Although they didn't have technology they had something else, it's called ART!
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Alize
2/14/2014 01:14:12 am
Cool
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Jonathan
2/14/2014 01:11:50 am
Have You Ever Wondered
How Cave Artist Drew So Well ?
By: Jonathan
Have you ever wondered how cave art people lived back then, or seen their art?
Well all I got to say is wow! Well they got pretty good drawings and amazing colors.
They make all kinds of beautiful pictures they're Magnificent. So if you wondered how they drew so well? Well I got you covered.
You will learn how they drew so well.
For an example in Youngzine, an online article for kids ("Written by Deepa Gopal published on October 10, 2011.") The cave painters will draw and kids well draw to there magnificent they will draw mostly mammoths, bison, horses, rhinos, hyena, and more animals. Also, have you ever wondered why there like no mistakes in there paintings? Well because the kids are taught at a young age how to draw. There is a preschool that they learn how to draw so well. That's why they draw so well. Also one interesting thing is that some kids drew with there three middle fingers.
In this paragraph you we'll be learning how they drew so well. In a different article called Evoanth, an online article published on (July 23, 2013) written by: Adam Benton. He says that the cave painters drew so well because the cave painters will draw some doodles to see how they will like there art,
then they will paint the one they like. He said that you might see some drawings written over each other because they were doodles or they either mist up but, mostly they were doodles.
Also a deferent research paper is Prehistoric and Ancient Art, published on (December, 2011) Written by: Charles Moffat. He says that the prehistoric art people that drew they also would do some doodles. He also says that The kids were taught at a young age to draw. That's why they draw so good. There was a preschool for them. He also said that they would mostly draw the same thing over and over.
In the conclusion the most common things were that they would draw the same thing over and over. Also that they would do lots of doodles. So theys are so many good recourses for you guys can use, so if you need to search anything well you can use theys three articles. Now I have something you can do, look at there pictures and you will "LOVE THERE PICTURES!"
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Nelly
2/14/2014 01:12:17 am
Did Early Humans' Cave Paintings tell a Story?
By: Nelly
February 14, 2014
Did early humans' cave paintings tell stories? Have you ever wonder why cavemen drew on the cave walls? Most of there paintings tell stories. Even all their colors tell different stories. Every color has a purpose and a story to tell.
In Pigments of the Ages, an online website stated that red and black were the most common colors found in cave art. "The color black represents opposing ideas: authority and humility, rebellion and conformity, and wealth and poverty. Black also signifies absence, modernity, power, elegance, professionalism, mystery, evil, traditionalism, and sorrow." Red is the color that represents blood and fire. "Blood and fire have both positive and negative connotations: bloodshed, aggression, war, and hate are on one side, and love, warmth and compassion on the other side. In ancient Egypt, red was the color of life and of victory."
In Pigments of the Ages it also states that everyone of their colors told and story and has a purpose. Imagine when they all came together. Think about all the important events that happened during this prehistoric time. The cave walls were like their paper and the painted all the important events. What stories did they tell and where and when did they take place?
In Pigments of the ages they claimed that the some men had excellent hunting skills, and they drew about the day the had. These paintings weren't all important, painting was just another hobby these people had. From doodles, sketches, to paintings. They did it all. Some of these people were great artist, and everyone drew. Children, teens, adults, and seniors, everyone.
In conclusion, Did these paintings tell a story? That answer is yes. They told the story of life. What they lived through, and what they accomplished. They were artist and now it's your turn to create a moment for the future.
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Jizelle
2/14/2014 01:14:45 am
Nice Job Nelly G. 😜😁
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2/14/2014 01:16:59 am
Yes well done Nelly it's perfect almost as perfect as you ♥️
Kaylee
2/14/2014 01:15:30 am
That was AWSOME 👏❤️😟👍👌
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Jonathan
2/14/2014 01:28:03 am
Really good
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Leslie
2/14/2014 01:31:04 am
Nice Nelly Namalia😉
Jizelle A.
2/14/2014 01:12:39 am
Prehistoric Art Painters
By Jizelle A.
February 14, 2014
You might have wondered why early humans learned how to create such beautiful cave art paintings that you see today. In every continent there are caves. Some of these caves have cave paintings drawn by early humans. Most of the drawings you see are animals. Many people think that the paintings that were drawn on the dark caves must have been important to them. One theory is that they would replace an animal for killing or hunting it by painting on these walls. Some of these cave art paintings were painted deep inside caves. These early humans created these beautiful paintings by starting to paint when they were little. Some people think that early humans learned so good because they had a prehistoric art school.
On an online website called NPR.org, an archeologist named Alistair Pike talks about how he thinks that the art that was painted on the walls might have been an art school. " This may indeed be a Paleolithic art school...this particular cave has some very early examples of figurative art. If it was an indeed an art school it was very successful..." Many people agree that it may indeed have been an art school. On an online magazine named Youngzine, two archeologists named Leslie Van Gilder and Kevin Sharpe found what has "looked like prehistoric finger painting." They looked like humans faces that didn't looked more comical than realistic. Leslie and her team had figured out what the age differences were. She found out that the children in the ages between three and seven had done most of the art. The one that most stood out was a five-year-old girl who had painted everywhere in the huge cave!
Another example about why early humans were so talented is that they would go into these pitch black caves just to practice painting on these walls. They would redraw the painting if they did not like what they did. It was really hard to get in to some caves. They had to crawl through the caves to get inside. It was dark so many people think they used torches.
These early humans had practiced to draw almost every day. They would draw about the day they had. Paintings were one of the hobbies they had. They did all kinds of art.they would paint all these important events. Where would these stories take place. Early humans would paint on walls every year. They would love doing it and people today learn from these ways!
In conclusion, these beautiful paintings were practiced by children when they were little and when they were adults. They would practice every day about their days, life styles, animals they hunted, and many more. Will you become a artist like our ancestors?
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Brandon
2/14/2014 01:14:47 am
That's pretty great
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Leslie
2/14/2014 01:19:38 am
Awesome😊
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Leslie
2/14/2014 01:18:54 am
What the Cavemen Used to Paint
By: Leslie
February 14, 2014
Have you ever wondered what the cave men used to paint? They used every thing they found and just made colors out of them. For example plants are one thing they used. They also used other things like dirt, flowers, sticks, mud, leaves, berries, and sometimes they even used feces and blood. They painted everything they see with the paint they had. They also used some charcoal to paint their paintings on the cave wall.
The National Geographic website (What did the cave man use to paint) explains what kind of things they used to paint and what they had to make the color of the paint. It also says that the other paintings that they had were like the paint we have today. This website is called (What type of materials did they use) they also used sticks, mud, and sometimes they even used feces. Maybe they used blood from the animals they killed.
The National Geographic website talked about Native Americans used many different types of natural materials for binders, including milk, eggs, sap from plants, animal fats, cactus juice and even blood. Common emulsifiers included water and soap-like substances from yucca plants. The Lascaux artists employed crude crayons to paint on the smoother cave wall surfaces. Mined mineral pigments mixed with animal fats and plant juices produced rudimentary painting sticks. Sometimes the crayons contained additives such as ground feldspar or biotite mica as extenders. Paint applied with swabs and pads probably made from moss and animal fur created mottled effects. Watery pigments blown directly from the mouth or through tubes fashioned from hollow bones or reeds allowed a spray-painting technique for subtle shading effects.
The National Geographic Website talks about The Lascaux cave painters used a variety of tools to grind their paints, including animal shoulder bones and grind-stones. Paintings located high up where the cave walls meet the ceiling required scaffolding. Holes found drilled in the cave walls likely supported wooden beams and ladders. The Lascaux paintings are far inside the cave, far from natural light sources. Over 100 lamps littered the cave floor. Most were limestone plates with a central depression for combustible animal fats.
In conclusion, this whole article explained what resources the cavemen used to paint with, and the website that gives more evidence about the things that the cavemen used to make the paint with.
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Jizelle <~
2/14/2014 01:28:40 am
Nice one!!!!!!👍😄
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Jonathan
2/14/2014 01:27:11 am
Have You Ever Wondered
How Cave Artist Drew So Well ?
By: Jonathan
Have you ever wondered how cave art people lived back then, or seen their art?
Well all I got to say is wow! Well they got pretty good drawings and amazing colors.
They make all kinds of beautiful pictures they're Magnificent. So if you wondered how they drew so well? Well I got you covered.
You will learn how they drew so well.
For an example in Youngzine, an online article for kids ("Written by Deepa Gopal published on October 10, 2011.") The cave painters will draw and kids well draw to there magnificent they will draw mostly mammoths, bison, horses, rhinos, hyena, and more animals. Also, have you ever wondered why there like no mistakes in there paintings? Well because the kids are taught at a young age how to draw. There is a preschool that they learn how to draw so well. That's why they draw so well. Also one interesting thing is that some kids drew with there three middle fingers.
In this paragraph you we'll be learning how they drew so well. In a different article called Evoanth, an online article published on (July 23, 2013) written by: Adam Benton. He says that the cave painters drew so well because the cave painters will draw some doodles to see how they will like there art,
then they will paint the one they like. He said that you might see some drawings written over each other because they were doodles or they either mist up but, mostly they were doodles.
Also a deferent research paper is Prehistoric and Ancient Art, published on (December, 2011) Written by: Charles Moffat. He says that the prehistoric art people that drew they also would do some doodles. He also says that The kids were taught at a young age to draw. That's why they draw so good. There was a preschool for them. He also said that they would mostly draw the same thing over and over.
In the conclusion the most common things were that they would draw the same thing over and over. Also that they would do lots of doodles. So theys are so many good recourses for you guys can use, so if you need to search anything well you can use theys three articles. Now I have something you can do, look at there pictures and you will "LOVE THERE PICTURES!"
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Xavier
2/14/2014 01:28:56 am
The Oldest Cave Art Found.
By: Xavier M.
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered About The Oldest Cave Art Found? It's because it has different type of chemicals and the cave art has dyed after the long period of time that has been preserved. Susan Avis a scientist on Art House the text says that painters practiced on a different painting.It's is true because they practices on different cave paintings.
In "National Geographic Daily News World's Oldest Cave Art Found—Made by Neanderthals?" By Kare Than for National Geographic News PUBLISHED on JUNE 14, 2012. "Prehistoric dots and crimson hand stencils on Spanish cave walls are now the world's oldest known cave art." According to new dating results perhaps the best evidence yet that Neanderthals were Earth's first cave painters. Kare used several methods to prover there question right.
The evidence is from Cave art suggests that Neanderthals. " Were to randomly poll a group of people on a city street as to their definitions of the term art we would in all likelihood receive a variety of meanings." So most scientist think that the Neanderthals painted with animal fat, and water. Some scientists say they might have even been made by the much maligned Neanderthals, but others disagree. "Testing the coating of paintings in 11 Spanish caves, researchers found that one is at least 40,800 years old, which is at least 15,000 years older than previously thought. That makes them older than the more famous French cave paintings by thousands of years."
The evidence is from history.howstuffworks.com By: Ed Grabianowski on Cave Dwelling. The most famous cave in the world is Lascaux, near Montignac, France. It was discovered in 1940, and the entrance was later changed to create an entrance for visitors. The cave was eventually sealed off to prevent damage to the paintings. "If the new dates are correct, they also could make the El Castillo art the oldest known well-dated cave paintings in the world a title previously held by France's Chauvet cave paintings, believed to be at least 37,000 years old."
The conclusion is that the Neanderthals painted the caves hundreds or thousand of years ago. Little boys found the oldest cave art ever found that must have been the best thing that happened to the boys. I wonder if the boys are now faceted about Cave Art. This was a great thing to learn about if you want to?
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Brandon
2/14/2014 01:30:03 am
How Cave Paintings Started. By: Brandon
February 14,2014
Have you ever wondered why cave painters even started to paint. We'll it all started when early humans started to paint all over the world except Antarctica. It is said that early humans started to draw so they can record events. It is said the events they recorded were mostly what they hunted.They used many resources to record these events.
Scientist and researchers have found many cave paintings in the Lascaux cave on September 12, 1949 discovered. The cave was 66 feet wide and 16 feet tall. And most of the paintings had many events. They were mostly hunting horses and buffalo. While some of them could be just animals by themselves or in their groups. And other paintings show people worshiping gods or people doing field work.
Another reason why these early cave painters painted is that they we're bored. Many people and scientist said that they just painted for fun. This actually makes sense because not only adults painted but kids did to. While researching the caves, they found footprints that belonged to kids. So that proves that not only adults painted but kids to. But then how did they learn how to paint so good. We'll many people say that they started to learn at a young age. Scientists called the caves a preschool play room because a lot of kids painted at a very young age. No wonder there so talented artists.
My last find is about a theory. According to David Lewis-Williams
paleolithic shamans painted the cave arts. He says that there paintings were to advanced and that they were under a trance. And while in that trance they would have visions and paint them, "Perhaps with some notion of drawing power out of the cave walls themselves." It could be found in (http://blog.world-mysteries.com/strange-artifacts/prehistoric-cave-paintings/).
In conclusion, one thing we know is that they left there mark. We might never know what was there propose to draw these amazing paintings. There are so many possible answers but we will never know the right one.
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