Mark Getlein: Living With Art

Mark Getlein book, Living with Art takes the reader through a journey into understanding the various styles of art throughout time. In chapter fourteen of the book Getlein explains the different time periods of art. The time periods include the Oldest art, Mesopotamia, and Egyptian. The oldest art focuses on art near and around the Mediterranean Sea before 3000 B.C. defined as the prehistoric and Neolithic. The prehistoric era was a period when there was a nomadic lifestyle largely dependent on hunting and gathering. The Neolithic era is also known as time when tools were being developed and there was a large shift towards farming. The oldest art focused heavily on stone figures and paintings of animals on caves. Getlein includes an image of