Timeline Art History

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Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past.

Prehistoric art is the earliest form of artistic expression, dating back to the Palaeolithic era. Prehistoric artists created cave paintings, sculptures, and other forms of art using materials such as stone, bone, and clay. A cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest such artwork in the world, dating back at least 51,200 years.