The act of creation is not always a planned process of making something for posterity. However, there are works of art which have gone on to achieve fame or notoriety long after the reasons for their creation have ceased to exist. Prehistoric artists who painted in caves such as Altamira and Lascaux, and on rocks in Western Australia and north-central Niger, could not have dreamt that their work would fill history books and fuel debate many millennia later.  Conversely, some artworks (e.g. “The Starry Night”) have made the names of their artists more famous today than they ever were in their own lifetimes. Vincent van Gogh wanted to make art for posterity, but his legacy wasn’t acknowledged until after his death.