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/^t/Firstly, it seems that everything has been already said in painting. In the course of history we had realistic representations as well as symbolic ones. At one point a whimsical impression was important, at some other - an abstract idea underlying the image. Political allegories were once replaced by posters. Portraits became less attractive with the development of cheap and efficient photography. When it comes to technical inventions, people have used practically everything to paint. The pieces of art found in the caves of Lascaux were painted with natural dyes within a limited range of colours. Then, the palette broadened and the chemical composition of paint began to change as well. Oils, water-colours, acrylic paints, Indian ink, poster colours - were all used to paint, all with an unlimited range of tints and hues. We had pictures made of colourful smears, we saw paintings composed of little dots of paint, we saw canvases covered in one colour only. Nowadays it would be hard to become original and innovative in painting. Therefore, artists turn to other means of expression, which lend themselves to experiments and allow for new inventions.