Pictures were not and are not simply «here». They emerge, arise, occur, appear, «originate» and develop themselves. Thus, pictures have a history, and with this an early history.
But how do pictures appear, «come into being»? What qualities, structural formations and development tendencies can be observed in early graphic expressions? Are early pictures products or processes? Are early pictorial characteristics cross-contextual, contextual or individual? What does early pictorial cognition and aesthetics consist of? What general aspects of early symbolic behaviour do early pictures indicate? What picture concept arises from picture genesis?