How is visual art making history?

Kip Ockenfels: It's a "record" of people and their existence, their life styles, family, clothing worn, etc. Look at the cave drawings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux animals they hunted and how.Some more input: http://arthistory.about.com/cs/reference/f/visual_... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts.Areas of art throughout the ages creating history: industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design (furniture, architecture, paintings, sculpture) and decorative art....Show more