Editing English art (section)

==Earliest art==
The earliest English art – also Europe's earliest and northernmost [[cave art]] – is located at [[Creswell Crags]] in [[Creswell, Derbyshire|Derbyshire]], estimated at between 13,000 and 15,000 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/prehistory/arts-and-invention/ |title=Prehistory: Arts & Invention |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> In 2003, more than 80 engravings and [[bas-relief]]s, depicting deer, bison, horses, and what may be birds or [[List of avian humanoids|bird-headed people]] were found there. The famous, large [[ritual landscape]] of [[Stonehenge]] dates from the [[Neolithic]] period; around 2600 BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7894635/Worlds-oldest-doodle-found-on-rock.html |title=World's oldest doodle found on rock |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> From around 2150 BC, the [[Beaker people]] learned how to make [[bronze]], and used both [[tin]] and [[gold]]. They became skilled in [[Refining (metallurgy)|metal refining]] and their works of art, placed in graves or sacrificial pits have survived.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12096040/Why-these-Bronze-Age-relics-make-me-jump-for-joy.html |title=Why these Bronze Age relics make me jump for joy |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> In the [[Iron Age]], a new art style arrived as [[Celt|Celtic culture]] and spread across the British isles. Though metalwork, especially gold ornaments, was still important, stone and most likely wood were also used.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/04/celts-great-torque-snettisham-hoard-british-museum-alice-roberts |title=The Celts: not quite the barbarians history would have us believe |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> This style continued into the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] period, beginning in the 1st century BC, and found a renaissance in the [[Mediæval Britain|Medieval]] period. The arrival of the Romans brought the [[Classicism|Classical]] style of which many monuments have survived, especially [[Funerary art|funerary monument]]s, statues and busts. They also brought [[Roman glass|glasswork]] and [[Roman mosaic|mosaic]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/arts-and-invention/ |title=Romans: Arts & Invention |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> In the 4th century, a new element was introduced as the first [[Christian art]] was made in Britain. Several mosaics with Christian symbols and pictures have been preserved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/apr/19/art.artsfeatures |title=Jesus, the early years |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 August 2017 }}</ref> England boasts some remarkable prehistoric [[hill figure]]s; a famous example is the [[Uffington White Horse]] in [[Oxfordshire]], which "for more than 3,000 years ... has been jealously guarded as a masterpiece of [[Minimalism|minimalist art]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/apr/19/art.artsfeaturehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/may/04/channel4.bigbrother |title=Big Brother's logo 'defiles' White Horse |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref>

===Earliest art: gallery===
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File:Ochre Horse.jpg|Ochre horse illustration from the [[Creswell Crags]]; 11000-13000 BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1434785/Graffiti-disfigured-Ice-Age-cave-art.html|title=Graffiti disfigured Ice Age cave art|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=11 September 2017 }}</ref>
File:Stonehenge Sunset (1) - geograph.org.uk - 1626228.jpg|[[Stonehenge]]; 2600 BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/artblog/2007/aug/17/stonehengenotarchaeologybut|title=Stonehenge: not archaeology, but art|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 September 2017 }}</ref>
File:Aerial view from Paramotor of Uffington White Horse - geograph.org.uk - 305467.jpg|[[Uffington White Horse]]; {{circa|1000 BC}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/uffington-white-horse-c1000bc-744432.html|title=Uffington White Horse (c.1000BC)|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=11 September 2017 }}</ref>
File:Winchester Hoard items.jpg|[[Winchester Hoard]] items; 75-25 BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/02/arts.artsnews|title=Archaeologists and amateurs agree pact|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 September 2017 }}</ref>
File:Hinton St Mary.jpg|[[Hinton St Mary Mosaic]]; 4th century AD.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3624494/Sacred-mysteries.html|title=Sacred mysteries|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=11 September 2017 }}</ref>
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