The reasons people depict horses in art and the styles in which they work have changed over time. The prehistoric person who painted a horse in a cave in Lascaux, France, used sketchy lines and flat color to show motion. Since this image predates written language, we can only guess why it was made. An ancient Greek artist used silhouetted profiles, simplified forms, overlapping shapes, and flat colors to paint a scene that tells the story of horses carrying a newlywed couple. Leonardo da Vinci was interested in learning more about his world. In his gesture drawing of a horse, the artist uses overlapping contour lines to re-create the movements of a rearing horse. Modern artist Franz Marc wanted to express emotions rather than paint exactly what he saw. In The Large Blue Horses, Marc simplifies and abstracts the horses, using repeating, overlapping curves.