Since the dawn of man, it is well known that people would use art to express their beliefs, ideas and record their history. It is believed that early humans would paint pictures on cave walls as a form of religious empowerment. The oldest known evidence of this is the Chauvet cave. As time began to pass not only did the early way of living change, so did the way people express themselves. This Essay will discuss how the art of painting, evolved into the contemporary writing that we use today.
The method of painting pictures to tell stories, for many years was used by the Egyptians. The Egyptians came up with a system of pictographs to express themselves in more detail by having each individual picture