About Before 1 CE Art
Cave images, early objects, Egyptian painting and the art of ancient Mediterranean cultures belong to very different settings within this broad date range. Materials, inscriptions and archaeological information can help establish a more precise account of an individual work. No single style connects everything made before the Common Era.
BCE dates count backwards towards 1 BCE; there is no year zero in the conventional BCE/CE system. Read uncertain or approximate dates as they are recorded by the source, and distinguish an ancient original from a later image of it.