The prehistoric period in the early development of human beings is commonly known as the ‘Old Stone Age’ or ‘Palaeolithic Age’.Prehistoric Era art denotes the art (mainly rock paintings) during Paleolithic Age, Mesolithic Age and Chalcolithic Age. But we will confine ourselves here only to the first three phases. After Period III there are four successive periods. Period I, Upper Palaeolithic Period II, Mesolithic and Period III, Chalcolithic. The drawings and paintings can be catagorised into seven historical periods. Prehistoric Period: Paleolithic Age, Mesolithic Age, and Chalcolithic Age Paintings and drawings were the oldest art forms practiced by human beings to express themselves using the cave wall as their canvas.
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