Curated OER
Cave Painting
Sixth graders create replica cave paintings using flowing lines, texture, and earth colors.
New York University
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World: Lost World of Old Europe
Exhibition of Neolithic statuettes, figurines, and vessels from Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova answers a series of burning questions about early settlements along the Danube, dating from 5000 to 3500 B.C.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Explore Cave Paintings in This 360 Animated Cave
In this special 360 degree TED-Ed animation, explore an ancient cave and its surroundings as Iseult Gillespie shares a brief history of cave paintings.
New York Times
New York Times: Timeline of Art From the Late Stone Age
Find examples of Paleolithic art, including a recently discovered Venus figurine, drawings from the caves at Chauvet and Lascaux, and the Venus of Willendorf in this brief timeline. Examples span a 30,000-year range, approximately, from...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Lascaux (Ca. 15,000 b.c.)
An illustrated explanation of the earliest artistic representations attributable to human hands found in caves at Lascaux, France.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Chauvet Cave (Ca. 30,000 b.c.)
A short, illustrated article about the prehistoric cave paintings found in a cave in southern France.