Documents for "Prehistoric and Primitive Art":

• African art art created by the peoples south of the Sahara.

• Altamira see Paleolithic art.

• cave art see Paleolithic art ; rock carvings and paintings.

• Lascaux see Paleolithic art.

• North American Native art diverse traditional arts of Native North Americans. In recent years Native American arts have become commodities collected and marketed by nonindigenous Americans and Europeans. Originally, these...

• Oceanic art works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands),...

• Paleolithic art art of the most recent ice age. Present study and knowledge of this art is largely confined to works discovered at more than 150 sites in W Europe, particularly to the magnificent cave paintings...

• rock carvings and paintings designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by primitive peoples. They have been found on every continent and are usually from prehistoric times...