The first artists lived during prehistoric times before written history. They created cave paintings and petroglyphs that provide insights into their world. Cave paintings were made by applying pigments like ochre to cave walls, allowing us to learn about the animals that lived at that time like horses, bison, and reindeer. Petroglyphs involved carving or pecking designs into rock and may have represented early forms of pre-writing symbols. Some of the most famous cave paintings were discovered in 1940 at the Lascaux Caves in France, depicting hundreds of animals.
2. The first artists lived in prehistoric times.
This is the time before history was written down.
3. •We can learn many
things from the art
found on cave walls
and rocks.
•The first artists lived
in caves.
Cave
Dwellers
•One of the things we
know is the kinds of
animals that lived at
that time.
12. •In 1940, four French
teenage boys were
looking for their dog
in the woods.
•They accidentally
discovered the
Lascaux Caves.
•The walls of these
caves were covered
with paintings.
•The paintings are
examples of some of
the world’s best
stone age art.
Lascaux
Caves
13. There were paintings of hundreds of animals including
horses, stags, bulls, bison and reindeer.
19. What did we learn?
•Who were the first artists?
•How do we know about their
world?
•What animals lived
then?
Cave Dwellers
From the artwork they made
on the walls of caves and rocks
Horses, Bulls, Reindeer and more