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Frequently Asked Questions(which apply to the Primitive Art section)
In simple terms Caveman Art is Primitive Art, it is the earliest form of artwork known to mankind.
When early man first tried to
express his artistic talents, he used a piece of stone to scratch his drawings
on the walls of his cave. Later as he discovered different color pigments,
he applied them with his fingers to add color to his artwork. As time went
by he invented the brush, which initially had its bristles
made of animal hair or fur and he used it as tool to apply paint.
The beauty of caveman art is that
the pictures depicted were very simple, they usually portray animals, birds, plants,
things, and
humans, sometimes hunting scenes. The
drawings were
very simplified to the extent that in certain cases they were not outline art but rather line
art, (i.e. reducing the whole picture to the minimum essential strokes of
curves and straight lines that represent that particular figure that was
drawn).
Here is what the "Collins Dictionary of Archaeology" (1992) edited by Paul Bahn, says: "The art of the last Ice Age that is usually divided into three groups: (a) portable or mobiliary art, comprising a wide variety of forms, from engraved stones to carvings in antler or ivory. Thousands of such pieces are known from Spain and Siberia; (b) deep engravings or bas-reliefs on large blocks of stone, known from southwest France; © cave-art or parietal art, known primarily in Spain, France and Italy. It includes a range of techniques from finger-markings and engravings to bas-relief sculpture, and painting. It comprises animal figures (mostly adults drawn in profile, and dominated by horse and bison), much rare anthropomorphs, and abundant non-figurative motifs and ‘signs’. Some is on open view, but much is hidden or inaccessible. Some engravings of the period have recently been found on rocks in the open air. Art in Europe appears early in the Upper Palaeolithic, and becomes abundant in the Solutrean and especially Magdalenian periods. Art of similar antiquity is also known on other continents. Much of the European art appears linked to a complex mythology and incorporates a distinct set of rules: early interpretations such as ‘art for art’s sake’ or hunting magic are now recognized as far too simplistic." The "Atlas of Languages" (1996) of cave art states: "Language in its modern form had probably appeared by about 40,000 years ago when Paleolithic society was transformed by unprecedented developments in both technology and culture. New tools and technology allowed Stone Age hunters to colonize and settle remote regions. At the same time, the extraordinary florescence of cave art, illustrated by a 14,000 year-old bison drawing from Altamira cave in southern Spain, demonstrates a significant development in both perception and communication." "The Atlas of Ancient Archaeology" (1974) has an entry on Lascaux cave in France: "The purpose of the animal paintings is, perhaps, more obscure today than when the first cave paintings were recognized. The most generally accepted explanation is that the paintings formed part of a rite of sympathetic magic and that their creation ensured the continuance of a plentiful food supply in the form of the favorite game animals of the Palaeolithic hunters."
Cylinder Seals art was invented in ancient Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East, it was called "Kanukku" in ancient Assyrian language. Kanukkus consisted of a small cylinders about 1”-2” in length and ˝”-3/4” in diameter with a hole going through the center. A small twig (or metal bar) through the hole acted as a hub or pivot around which the cylinder was rolled over wet clay tablet to transfer the impressions carved on it over to the clay tablet. Clay tablets were the means of documenting text (written in Cuneiform, i.e. wedge shaped symbols) long before the invention of paper. Cylinder seals were carved from stone (sometimes of semi-precious stones), and over their surface miniature designs of animals, birds, plants, things, humans, abstract patterns, some had hunting, battle, religious themes or Cuneiform text were carved on them. They were used to identify the person carrying it, in fact it represented a signature of that person when he rolled it over a clay tablet document. They were also worn as pendants, some for fashion, others (special ones) with magical charms to attract good luck, fortune, victory, love, good health, or repel evil spirits.
Due to the limited space available on the surface
of the Cylinder Seal, a miniature art developed, which (to a certain extent)
followed similar principals as that of caveman
art, (i.e. reducing the whole picture to the minimum essential strokes of
curves and straight lines that represent that particular figure that is being
drawn).
The “Caveman Art “ website offers customized handmade reproductions of such primitive art based on a selected collection of line art designs on a standard blend of background colors which. However the customer can mix-match the design that he wants with the background color that he likes this way we customize our paintings to the individual taste of our customer. In addition, we offer reproductions of another form of ancient art, and that is “Cylinder Seal Art”.
The Caveman Art website, is the only site on the internet that offers Primitive Caveman & Cylinder Seal Arts. In fact, this type of art is no longer practiced. This site is the only one trying to revive this type of art, and in order to do so, we are offering our paintings at a reasonable price to make them affordable to the average person.
The medium used in paintings on this Caveman Art website is Acrylic.
The artwork is hand painted over
Stretched
Canvas. Please click
Canvas
for more details.
Frames are not available for sale at the time being. However in the future they will be, where they will be available (at an extra cost). We have a unique frame design. Please click Frames for more details.
There are 14 different standard background colors, they are listed under "Background Color" page Backgrounds. Each background color is a blend of a certain solid color with White (or some other color). Black is reserved for foreground color, and White for blending colors.
Caveman Art is very flexible in
mix-matching any of our standard line art designs with any of our standard background
colors. Example: If you like let’s say
the picture of a specific antelope, and you want the background color to match the color of your furniture or
room, (a background color which is different than
the one shown in the sample painting displayed), all you have to do is to specify the
number of the background color from our background color page
Backgrounds, and we will paint the
antelope of your choice (from our different set of samples) on the background
color that you selected
The standard size of the Caveman Art paintings is 11" x 14" (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm).
Yes, custom sizes are available upon request. We can reproduce the same line art design on larger standard art format canvas for an additional cost, those to be quoted upon request, and on job-to-job basis.
Every artwork is hand painted, and is a unique piece of art, because although the same pictures are reproduced over and over, yet no two paintings are 100% identical since the background color blend changes with each painting, this gives the Caveman Art paintings their unique personal touch.
Why send a greeting card, roses, flowers or plants when you can send an affordable piece of art!
There are no two paintings of ours that are 100% identical. Each painting is a unique piece of art, individually hand painted. Further more, your ordered painting can be customized to your taste (at no extra charge) by mix-matching any of our line art designs with any of our background color blends that you select from our list. If you are interested in knowing more about this primitive art.
The Caveman Art website, is the only site on the internet that offers Primitive Caveman & Cylinder Seal Arts. In fact, this type of art is no longer practiced. This site is the only one trying to revive this type of art, and in order to do so, we are offering our paintings at a reasonable price to make them affordable to the average person. Being a genuine original hand painting, each painting has the potential to appreciate in value with time, a further incentive for the person acquiring it. This is why our paintings are ideal for gifts, as well as, collector's item. Why send plants, roses, flowers, greeting cards, when you can send an original hand painting as a gift!
Caveman art paintings are priced very reasonably, in order to be affordable to be used as greeting paintings (or greeting art), (similar to sending greeting flower bouquets, or plants pots), and be sent or exchanged as gifts.
Note: at this time only reproductions of original paintings are offered, however we take orders for for custom artwork consignments.
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