Greek and Roman Painting e Early Medieval Painting Painting before 1300 To honor their dead in the Roman period, Egyptians painted images of the deceased on wood and other materials. These painted mummy portraits both include the Greco-Roman style and anticipate medieval artistic trends. The 600 paintings and nearly 1500 engravings featuring animals and scenes from hunting may have been associated with religious practices or magic, or created for purely pragmatic reasons. Yet the cave pictures are singular works of art, too. They are not stick figures or squiggles.
Lines are clear and filled with tints.
The animals are vibrant. By utilizing cave features, some of the renderings even have perspective. Some of our ancestors proved to be skilled artists. The conscious use of skill and creative imagination, especially in the production of aesthetic objects. An activity requiring fine skill.