theorists believe music was an attempt at social glue, a way to bring early humans together into a close-knit community, There also was a Neanderthal Flute made of bone, Nambians used a type of violin, it was a string strung around a stick like a bow and the used another stick to make tunes with the string.
Well we have a lot of symbolist painters..
Gustav Klimt
Edward Munch
Frida Kahlo
A lot of painters..
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