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The earliest attempt at communication was through cave paintings, the earliest of which have been dated at more than 40,000 years old. In this period, known as the Upper Paleolithic, paintings appeared in places as far apart as Western Europe and Indonesia. These earliest representations were hand stencils and simple geometric shapes. It was around
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The earliest known surviving oil paintings are Buddhist murals created c. 650 AD in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
In europe, the 11th century is when the first oil paintings were found; painted on wood.
Used to paint with egg tempera.