The oldest example of cave art has been discovered on an Indonesian island and dated back 51,200 years.
    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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      5 months ago

      Pigs are the original artist’s muse.

      Well... that seems accurate, in the light of Ancient Greek slang. Like using χοῖρος/khoîros "pig" to refer to the vagina.

      [Sorry. I couldn't resist being pedantic and vulgar at the same time.]

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    5 months ago

    I imagine (heh) representative art is much older, but most of it got destroyed (rotting), but it's also important to remember that this is getting close to where there were less humans than students in my city's smallest university, so... idk what to make of that. Representative art strikes me as something that would be invented many times