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Man has used sculpture as a form of expression since pre-historic times. The prehistoric art known to art historians is primarily parietal art meaning mostlt cave art. This consists primarily of cave painting and cave petroglyphs. Pre-historical sculpture is much less common. There was no monumental sculpture. The first sculptures were small portable item which meant that they were less likely to survive to modern times. But as three dimensional art is more of a challenge than two-dimensional art (drawing). Some of the earliest sculpture finds are not realistic expressions. This of course is important for HBC as our interest is in realism because we are looking for detailed depictions of fashion. Another issue was the human mind. Anatomicall modern man appeared and replaced Neanderthals (50,000-20,000 BP). It is as this time tha the first realistic depiction of humans appeared. Stone Age men was more concerned with animals than people. Only at the end of the Stone Age do we have sculptural depictions. The earliest know portriat is today as the Venus or Dame of Brassempouy. The piece was done in ivory because it is a relatively soft material, easy to carve. Art experts believe it to date to about 25,000 BP (figure 1). It is the first known representation of physical beauty. Note the head scarf, the feearst kjnown repesentation of clothing and weaving, even suggesting a weavuhgbpattern. The French are proud that it was found in France, acountry perhaps more devoted to beauty than any other country. There are no known sculptural depictions of children.
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