In 13th- and 14th-century Europe, art was mostly connected to the church, and was made to help people feel closer to God.

For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

Researchers have reported the discovery of the oldest known drawing in a cave on the southern coast of South Africa, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The drawing, which takes the ...

Blombos Cave drawing with ochre pencil on silcrete stone. Craig Foster The crisscrossed pattern, drawn on stone 73,000 years ago, wasn't used as shorthand for #artlovers, but the hashtag-like design ...

MADRID – Spanish archaeologists say they have discovered an exceptional set of Paleolithic-era cave drawings that could rank among the best in a country that already boasts some of the world’s most ...

The red silhouette of a bull-like beast on the wall of a cave in the Indonesian part of Borneo is the oldest example of an animal drawing, experts say. Researchers say that the 5-foot-wide sketch is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 40,000-year-old painting of a mysterious, wild cow-like beast discovered in a Borneo cave is ...