Wall Paintings, Murals, and Mosaic Progression

Wall Paintings , Mosaics Stained Glass Windows

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Wall Paintings , Mosaics Stained Glass Windows

Ancient Wall Paintings

The painting of walls is probably the oldest form of art . In ancient times , people made paintings on the walls of caves . A lot of these caves are discovered now . There are wall paintings found that are approximately 31 .000 years old in the Chauvel Cave in France . Also in Lascaux , France and Altamira , Spain , are these ancient wall paintings found . In other parts of the world

, like Egypt , they found wall paintings in graves (Curtis

The paint was applied in different ways with the fingers , simple brushes or with the mouth . Theories about the meaning of the paintings are various . of these theories can be examined , but some assume that the reason was fear (Curtis . To make a drawing of that what is feared , was supposed to avert the danger . Others think that it was kind of a hunting ritual , to make the hunt more prosper

Old Egyptian Paintings (3000 BC till 3rd century

The Old Egyptians made art and paintings that stood through time . The art was in service of the gods and the dead , and it had a magical function . The artists were mostly anonymous and the art collective There was no place for artistic freedom because the artists were bound by strict rules . Also the portrayal was bound in canons of proportion and body parts (Wrigley . There was no knowledge of perspective all figures...