The Venus of Hohle Fels is one of the numerous objects found at the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the oldest non-stationary works of human art yet discovered were found, in the form of carved animal and humanoid figurines, in addition to the oldest musical instruments unearthed so far, with the artifacts dating between 43,000 and 35,000 BC. Arms and feet are often absent, and the head is usually small and faceless. Most have small heads, wide hips, and legs that taper to a point. Ī form of prehistoric art found all over the world, especially in Europe, small prehistoric statuettes known as Venus figurines with exaggerated breasts and bellies were made, the most famous ones being the Venus of Hohle Fels and the Venus of Willendorf, found in Germany and Austria. Containers from that period have also been discovered in South Africa that may have been used to hold paints dating as far back as 100,000 years ago. Among the first art objects are decorative artifacts from Middle Stone Age Africa. Prehistoric art includes a broad range of art made by painters and sculptors from illiterate cultures, including some of the earliest human artifacts. In the latter cases, art objects may be referred to as archeological artifacts. The more closely that an art historian engages with these latter forms of low culture, the more likely it is that they will identify their work as examining visual culture or material culture, or as contributing to fields related to art history, such as anthropology or archaeology. On the other hand, vernacular art expressions can also be integrated into art historical narratives, referred to as folk arts or craft. It can thus be framed as a story of high culture, epitomized by the Wonders of the World. The history of art is often told as a chronology of masterpieces created during each civilization. In recent years, technological advances have led to video art, computer art, performance art, animation, television, and videogames. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts inclusively focusing on human creativity or focusing on different media such as architecture, sculpture, painting, film, photography, and graphic arts. The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form.
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