Built What We Call Art Today

This is my first post on my Art blog and it will consist of, interesting facts and pictures of some art artifacts that have helped shape what we call art today.  Also if you are interested in any of these further feel free to explore more with my links(:

Venus of Willendorf is one of the oldest known art piece dated back between 25,000 and 21,000 B.C.
It is believed to of been used as a fertility goddess and it stands about 4 3/8" tall.

Venus of Willendorf

Lascaux Caves are painted caves located in France and are know to be from around 15,000 B.C.
These caves are the earliest cave paintings known to exist. The painting were painted by spraying paint through bone tubes.

Lascaux Caves in France

Stonehenge is a very well known structure located in England.  These structures were built between 2,800 and 1,500 B.C. and were used for religious ceremonies.  It was constructed using a post and lintel design and stands about 16 feet tall.

Stonehenge

Ziggaurats are step pyramids perched in Mesopotamia or current day Iraq.  These pyramids were constructed around 2,100-2000 B.C.  they were built as a  form of worship and is also believed of been used for the Tower of Babel design.

A Ziggaurat

Serpent Mound is an effigy mound (raised mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans).  This specific mound is the largest in the world, was built for religious purposes, and is located in Ohio.  This mound also dates back to1070 C.E.

Serpent Mound in Ohio

The Great Gallery is is a group of pictographs in Canyonlands National Park Utah.  These pictographs are some of the largest and best preserved known of.

The Great Gallery in Utah

These magnificent works of art are world renown and are displays of the early people and how even then they used art as a way to expressed themselves, worship their gods, and even entertain.  Thank you for reading and i hope you enjoyed it(: