Since we can record. People even made cave art in the time of Native Americans. Art has been around in all sort of forms since we could speak.
The correct answer for the given question above would be the third option: for spiritual, historical, or moral reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes. Generally, humans create art as their way of expression and communication such as an expression of beauty and what they feel about issues related to different aspects of life.
Vandalism, vandalism is the act of deliberately destroying or damage of public and private property.
Either A or C. I know it's part of the byzantine empire.