Visual communication in art  

01 Cave Art 

petroglyphs 

Dateing back to at least 10,000 BC used by pre-historic  cultures usually neolithic peoples

many different styles cn be found world wide but each of them hold the same amount of secrecy in Language or definition.     

 

The literal meaning of this image is that the carving may be representation of daemons or monsters of some form or prehaps telling a story including these strange creatures.

The abstract meaning could be a religious meaning based around gods/religous symbols 

and there contrast with different aspects of life like time witch could be represented by the small circle the firgure is carrying in the image as these continuous circles were meant to represent their thought of time cyclical.  

           Cave paintings 

 Cave paintings are paintings painted inside caves, on the walls ad the ceilings these paintings have been created since the upper paleolithic estimated to be about 40,000 years ago, the paintings are most often based around wild animals and hum figures a rare and usually very vague, historians believe the paintings are the works of elders of the tribes or religious chiefs know as shamans. 

the literal meaning seems to be to record a hunting event or to record a encounter with a new/Different

Creature. 

the abrstrat meaning is the unknown language or

form of communication to reference something culturially important

           Geo glyphs

 geo glyphs are large drawings on the ground or motifs which are generally larger than 4 meters 

the largest of these is known as The Nazca Lines located in the Nazca Desert stretching 53 miles 

from the town of Nazca and the town of pal-pa in Peru, however there are many more similar to these around the globe including Australia,Scandinavia,Iceland and parts of the former Soviet union. 

it is thought there general use of these glyphs are to be viewed  by there gods but for what purpose remains a mystery though people ether (inaccurately )  accuse it of being for the purpose of terrestrial

travelers as well as assuming the tribes men were added by these creatures because of the mathematical accuracy shown by the glyphs as well as the tools required are thought to be more advanced than this culture however studies have shown that even with today's tools its is possible and very easy to be accomplished by a small group in under 48 hours , therefore many experts believe 

that considering the possible man power  of the tribes it is possible to achieve these feats with no foreign intervention. 

 

the literal meaning seems to be just depicting a creature like a spider or other insect perhaps to be viewed by a god for religious purposes similar to rituals

the abstract meaning could be to represent achievement or serve religious purposes.