Many millennia ago, in what is now the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, humans ground up some pigment and daubed pigs and people on the walls of a cave. Using cutting edge techniques, scientists have ...

For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

A painting of a pig with human-like figures in an Indonesian cave is at least 51,200 years old, making it the earliest known example of representational art in the world. “We like to define ourselves ...

In Room 67 of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Francisco Goya’s Saturn enthralls viewers with a scene of abomination.The painting depicts the Greek myth of Cronus (Saturn in the Roman version), who ate his ...

Dating prehistoric rock art accurately is challenging but crucial for understanding human cultural and cognitive evolution. Previous attempts 1, 2 have involved using solution-based analyses of the ...

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Members of the Representational Art League are showing their paintings through the end of the year at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata. “This opportunity to share our artistic endeavors with the ...