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Question

Your friend Kiara says that she is certain that the first piece of art ever created was a sculpture. You disagree. What would you tell Kiara to best support your argument?

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Time, natural elements, and other forces have erased most of the early art from the Earth, so we may not ever know for certain what was the first piece of art ever created

Prehistoric art was produced before writing, so no one created written records of the first pieces ever created.

Scientists have already determined that cave paintings are the oldest pieces of art ever created so it cannot be a sculpture

Sculptures were not created until the late 18 century once the technology

Answer 1

and tools necessary to create sculptures were developed, making it unlikely that the first piece of art ever created was a sculpture. The earliest known forms of art, such as cave paintings and rock carvings, date back tens of thousands of years before the development of sculpting techniques. Therefore, it is more likely that the first piece of art ever created was a form of painting or drawing rather than a sculpture.