paleoart

[ pey-lee-oh-ahrt ]

noun

1. designs, images, messages, or symbols created by ancient or prehistoric humans in the form of paintings, carvings, etchings, patterned rock arrangements, etc. ammoglyph ( def ), dendroglyph ( def ), geoglyph ( def ), petroglyph ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of paleoart¹

First recorded in 1920–25; paleo- ( def ) + art ¹( def )

Example Sentences

An artist and video game developer based the “paleoart” on photos of mounted skeletons and videos of behavior in related modern-day species.

From Science Magazine

Because low-poly graphics are inherently more abstract, they also cut down the paleoart inaccuracies that arise when artists try to create something more photorealistic.

From Scientific American

The team hopes that bringing scientifically accurate models to a broad audience will encourage paleoart to become more rigorous.

From Scientific American

“The problem is that we don’t treat paleoart with the same rigor that we treat our other scientific research.”

From Scientific American

She describes paleoart as “this very cool, imaginative space that overlaps with science. But it’s almost never the case that the artists are overtly justifying their scientific choices.”

From Scientific American