Prehistoric Art - Rosa Parks Elementary PTSA
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4th Grade
Prehistoric art is defined as art produced in preliterate
cultures and continuing until the development of writing or
other methods of record-keeping
Cave paintings are some of the great mysteries of the
world
Many experts have been baffled as to their true
meanings but it is certain that, without language or writing,
they were the main way early man communicated
Paints were made by crushing minerals into powder and
putting them on damp surfaces like rocks
These early artists sometimes painted deep in caves
To provide light, they made lamps from hollow stones
filled with animal fat and moss or fur that was set on fire
Cave paintings can be
found around the world
in many areas including:
Europe
Africa
Asia
The Americas – even in
Washington State!
Australia
In 1940, four teenage
boys accidentally
discovered the most
famous cave art in
Europe
Africa has some of the
earliest paintings and rock
engravings to have been
securely dated
Nearly 30,000 years old,
some were discovered in 1969
in a cave near Twyfelfontein,
Namibia
Some of the earliest oil
paintings are found in the
Bamian caves outside of
Kabul, Afghanistan
Cave paintings can be
found in the countries of
Columbia and Peru in South
America
Many places in North
America have cave
paintings from Native
American tribes
In prehistoric times, the
Wanapum Native Americans
inhabited the region in
Washington State along the
Columbia River and created
cave paintings there
In 2003, more than
200 well-preserved
paintings were
discovered in a 4,000year-old Aboriginal
rock art site at Eagles
Reach, near Sydney,
Australia
Until 1788 , the only inhabitants of Australia were the
Aborigines
They had lived there for over 40,000 years and it is thought
that there was as many as 300,000 of them there at the time
Today there are only 150,000 Aborigines representing 1% of
the population of Australia
The Aborigines did not grow crops but survived by hunting,
fishing and gathering food
Aborigines learned to live with long periods of drought
which could last up to eight months
One of the classic styles of Aboriginal artwork is the
dot paintings utilizing thousands of painted dots
Kangaroo
Tasmanian Devil
Dingo
Koala
Kookaburra
Emu
Platypus
Using black paper, brightly colored paints, and Q-tips
and paint brushes, create your own Aboriginal Dot
Painting
Select a native Australian animal as your main feature
Cover at least 85% of the paper with dots or lines
Leave blank the areas that you want to remain black