Primitives may refer to: Primitive decorating, American art style The Primitives, 1980s English alternative rock band The Primitives, alternative country band, precursor to Uncle Tupelo The Primitives, parody band formed in 1964 with Lou Reed and John Cale The Primitives, British band formed in 1965 and led by Mal Ryder, active in Italy from 1965 until 1970 The Primitives, a 1962 British film directed by Alfred Travers The Primitives, a 1966 novelette by Frank Herbert Artists of the early International Gothic period of art, in particular: Early Renaissance painting Early Netherlandish painting Primitives (stamps), crudely designed early postage stamps Primitives (album) by Bayonne Computing Cryptographic primitives, low-level cryptographic algorithms frequently used to build computer security systems Primitives (computer graphics), basic graphic elements such as lines or curves, used to create computer images See also Primitive (disambiguation)