When did paintings start

Germans favor 1945 as the start of the contemporary art era.Today, contemporary art comes in all mediums and sizes.Mullock's auction house sold 15 of hilter's paintings for $145,358 in 2009, while ludlow's auction house sold 13 paintings by hitler for over 100,000 euro.The style of painting, sculpture and decorative arts identified with the renaissance emerged in italy in the late 14th century;Why did humans cave paint 40,000 years ago?

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.Early art historians emphasized the european tradition, celebrating its greek and roman origins and the ideals of academic art.What was the purpose of cave paintings?Wed 17 sep 2008 19.01 edt the modern age did not begin in 1900, like a lightbulb switching on (then off, then on again), at least according to the national gallery.Africa has some of the earliest paintings and rock engravings to have been securely dated.

History marks the beginning with hindu and buddhist art around the 5th century bce.Americans favor sometime around the 1960s.These ancient religions were largely represented by an introspective way of life, and their followers adorned their temples with elaborately carved walls and stone statues.It reached its zenith in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in.