History of painting

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-painting

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the impact of japanese prints?Ukiyo-e prints influenced Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists in the late 19th century
2. What are the oldest paintings that people have found?The oldest paintings are on cave walls and are more than 40,000 years old. They show animals and were made with natural colors like ochre and charcoal.
3. How did early cave artists paint their pictures?They mixed natural pigments from ochre, charcoal, and minerals. They used fingers, animal hair brushes, or even blew the paint through hollow bones.

Chiaroscuro: The use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.