As any ancient society developed, a need arose to systematize the accumulated knowledge and transfer experience to future generations. The first attempts were reflected in cave paintings. So there was an art culture. This is the result of the transformation of human life and, as a result, the creation of historical values of fine art by capturing thoughts, emotions and knowledge on objects. The first improvised means on which the images were applied were stones, bones and animal skins, tree bark.
The origin of art in the development of human society, according to historians, dates back to the Upper Paleolithic (Stone Age). The first discovered cave paintings belonging to that time are collective images of people or a separate species of animals. This indicates that the first artistic culture of antiquity was based on emotions, life sensations and impressions gathered in mental images and were reflected in the drawings.
The primitive man did not separate himself from the world around him, therefore the first images of that time were not copies of a specific animal, but were generalized representations of the object. This is a form of art-shaped thinking, formed at this stage of human development. It is on the unity of man with nature that mythology is based. Therefore, the ancient scriptures that have come down to us so accurately and transparently convey the existence of our ancestors.
In the process of human evolution , abstract logical thinking was formed, which facilitates objective cognition of the surrounding world and the transition from collective images to specific objects endowed with their inherent properties and qualities. As a result, the artistic culture of a later period brought to light the works created as a result of abstracted thinking.
The art of ancient peoples was formed as a result of military campaigns and relocations. The artistic culture of ancient Greece is based on the use of the experience of Aegean art and originates in the 11th-1st centuries. BC. after the Dorian relocation.
Scientists attribute the first examples of ancient Greek art to the history of the occurrence of vase painting. The geographical position of the country left an imprint on the works of art of that period and explains the predominance of the marine theme in the painting of vases. The artistic culture of the Greek people was distributed on many islands of the Black and Mediterranean Seas, and also covered part of Asia Minor. And as a result of the campaigns, A. the Great developed on the territory of the entire Middle East. In ancient Russia, artistic culture took shape under the influence of Byzantine art. It arose after being baptized. This is the period of the reign of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich. At that time, Byzantine masters took part in the painting of ancient Russian churches. And the first icons were brought into the territory of Ancient Russia from Byzantium.