How Cave Paintings Influenced Modern Nature Art

Modern bison painting with paleolithic bison cave art

 Cave paintings have influenced many modern things that took place in the palaeolithic era, but the paintings of animals were the main creations on the cave walls. Different animals were painted differently from the body shape and skin colour from the what the homo sapiens see them. Homo sapiens and artists in the present day create paintings of what they viewed Modern artists viewed nature/animals can paint a master piece because they practise at painting and drawing a lot. Animal paintings are fascinating to glance at and imagine it moving; they are so realistic and the background in what the artist puts in there (usually) looks beautiful. In palaeolithic art, the homo sapiens draw what they have seen like animals or any kind of creatures that crossed their paths in life. For making humans on the wall of a cave was only lines and a round head but for animals, the homo sapiens went further into details on the animals. Nature was mostly painted in the caves, with animals fighting, running, eating, or even aggressively chasing after other animals. Cave paintings influence modern nature art because of the beauty of nature, the innocence of the animals and the creation of what our minds see in front of us to paint. It gives artists the patience and ability to create a master piece of what we view and our homo sapien ancestors had a good memory of what the animals looked like. Nature was the main topic that the homo sapiens painted because it is the first nature art that was made over 30,000 years ago (BCE), it was the master pieces of what they drew inside of themselves, drawing animals that have extinct with their fat is an interesting fact on how they can gather what they can use to make these paintings.

Reigning Call by Alison Dearborn

In Alison Dearborn's painting "Reigning Call" she uses a very lifelike depiction of elk and the antlers are very proportionate and realistic. Unlike the cave paintings, there is more details in the structure and form of the animal, as if the painting itself were a shadow. This shows how far art has come, from vague shapes and forms to detailed depictions of animals.


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