Article and video discussing various forms of art from the Paleolithic period, particularly cave art. [5:48] With links to additional information.

See pictures in the "album" of animals painted on the cave walls, a history of the discovery of the cave, and links to other sites.

A short, illustrated article about the prehistoric cave paintings found in a cave in southern France.

Learn more about cave painting when you visit the Paleolithic Cave at Lascaux through this website. This site provides a photograph, brief history, additional links and more.

Portion of an essay on the techniques seen in paintings from the prehistoric period.

Art history and culture website introduces us to the Paleolithic art found in the caves of France. With links to additional resources.

An illustrated explanation of the earliest artistic representations attributable to human hands found in caves at Lascaux, France.

Humans make art. We do this for many reasons and with whatever technologies are available to us. This essay describes some of the earliest forms of art made by humans.

A superb resource for teachers of social and natural sciences, as well as for parents and youth. Links take you to educational sites that explain the "acheological process and discovery," to lesson plans on fitting archeology into the...

This is Chapter One from "Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness," by Ian Tattersall. This chapter presents recent findings about the art and artifacts of early humans, and what those artifacts tell us about the intellectual...

Situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences, the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao are famous for their statues and wall paintings,...

The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...

The PBS series, titled "How Art Made the World," takes a look at the discovery of prehistoric paintings in a cave at Altamira in northern Spain. With excellent close-ups of the paintings and two video clips that help to explain the...

Students learn the importance of protecting pictographs as part of their geologic heritage by making their own paint using natural ingredients to create art.

A great cross-curricular lesson that focuses on humanity in the time of the Stone Age. Students will study prehistoric cave paintings and then produce their own paintings as part of a large mural.

The Apollo 11 Stones remain the oldest examples of figurative art from the African continent. Their discovery contributes to our conception of early humanity's creative attempts, before the invention of formal writing, to express their...

Learn about and view images of ancient rock art in southern Texas.

Article from the Spanish newspaper El Pais about the discovery of prehistoric paintings in a cave in Cantabria. (Published Aug. 28, 1997)

A companion to the PBS series, How Art Made the World, this site shows the vital role art has played in the development of humanity beginning with very early civilizations. With text, images, and interviews with scholars, the site shows...

The Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas, contains an exceptional assemblage of cave art, executed between 13,000 and 9,500 years ago. It takes its name (Cave of the Hands) from the stencilled outlines of human hands in the cave, but there...