In a message dated 12/22/08 4:39:08 PM, [email protected] writes:
> If the European cave painters quit or disappeared some 15-18,000 ago, that, > added to the 20,000 yrs they did work equals almost 40,000 years, more or > less...so far we know. > I know I can be considered the resident skeptic, but I don't ask the following with any skeptical sub-text; I'm looking for educational info from the visual artists on the forum who know worlds more than I do. I have an unreliable memory of reading recently of discoveries of "very old" artwork. Unfortunately, I can't remember how old. One was the uncovering of something in color on a man-built wall of a once vital community (in Peru?), the other had three-dimensional figures of feline-like creatures (in Asia?). I think the archaeologists claimed the wall-art was the oldest known (I'll guess they were overlooking the cave paintings), My question: If the cave artists quit, say, 15,000 years ago and the "very old" art was done 5,000 years ago, do scholars believe that humankind made no pictorial art for 10,000 years -- after the spectacular accomplishments in the caves? It's hard to believe. (Even as I write this I'm appalled by my ignorance of "pre-history" history.) ************** One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity& ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
