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Art And Art History

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Art is a part of our life. As humans being, we feel that sometimes we need to express ourselves, and sometimes human expression can be varied nature. Humans express themselves by using art. We are always surrounded by art everywhere because art is creative of expression of human’s experience.
Culture is particular form or stage of human civilization, which included art. Art is created in societies, and it changes through times. We study art history because we can learn and understand the culture and the changed of art through time. Thousands of years ago, pre-historic people learned to make the effort to decorate their objects. They learned to use color painting their caves. They learned to make clay in to shape. Sculptures are one of the oldest art that made humans. As we can see from what are left until today, sculptures have been one of the art pieces that changed though time.
In pre-historic time, people started to carve before they paint. There are not so many sculptures from this period of time survive to show what it was like. However, the Sculptures in this period of time were not made to be beautiful or realistic, but they were made to help for hunting and provide spiritual support. Figures of humans and animal were made to honor the force of nature. The material that pre-historic people used for making sculptures were varied, such as Ivory and clay. It depended on their religion and location. Animal sculptures were the most object created in this period of

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