PPT-CAVE PAINTINGS Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain

Lascaux is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France because of their exceptional quality size sophistication and antiquity Estimated to be up to 20000 years old the paintings consist primarily of large animals once native to the region Lascaux is located in the . AP European History. Ms. Tully. Crises of the 17. th. Century. “Little Ice Age” – bad harvests, starvation for lower classes. Economic crises – high food prices, inequitable wealth, recession. Lascaux Acrylic Transparent Varnish 1 gloss, 2 matt and 3 semi glossCompositionPure acrylic resin dispersionProperties paints, the varnish provides improved grip and hardness and enhances the paints&# ANTH 221: Peoples and Cultures of Mexico. Kimberly Martin, Ph.D.. Juxtlahuaca. Cave, Guerrero. Earliest Cave Paintings in North America – Approximately 1200BCE. Only known example of non-Maya deep cave art. Keji. Durer. DaVinci. Kathe. . Kollowitz. Kathe. . Kollowitz. Susas. . Rothenburg. Susan . Rothenburg. Susan Rothenberg. Susan Rothenberg. Susan Rothenberg. Kiki Smith. Kiki Smith. Kiki Smith. Kiki Smith. Ice Age Artists. Cro-Magnons, from Central and Eastern Europe.. Homo Sapiens with a greater ability to reason.. Arrived nearly 40,000 years ago in Western Europe where the Neanderthals had been living for 200,000 years.. and . Neolithic. Cave and Rock Art. Paleolithic Cave Art. 35,000 BC – 14,000 BC. Southern. . Europe. Chauvet. , France. Lascaux, France. Les . Tres. . Friers. , France. Altamira, Spain. Ice Age Southern Europe. facts. By Bailey and Emile. H. ouses. We think the houses in . S. kara Brae would have had quite tall cone shaped roofs, built from wood or bone and coved with seaweed. Life inside the houses would have been warm, with beds having bracken . , 1997. . http://vimeo.com/36043033. „Messages that are conveyed emotionally and. . sensuously can break up more prejudices and habitual behaviour than umpteen pamphlets and intellectual treatises.“. Period 2. How did cave painters survive down in the caves?. Painters would go down in groups, because of how dangerous the caves could be. They would have to crawl through tight spaces with only torches to guide them. Painters would go down expecting to be there for quite some time- they would bring tools, brushes, pigments, torches (and flint to maintain fires), as well as food to sustain them. There is also evidence of scaffolding systems, so that projects could be continued over time.. Cave paintings, some estimated to be as old as 35,000 years, are the grandest and most awe-inspiring artistic creations of homo sapiens during the Paleolithic period.. Southern . European Sites. Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux. Period 2. How did cave painters survive down in the caves?. Painters would go down in groups, because of how dangerous the caves could be. They would have to crawl through tight spaces with only torches to guide them. Painters would go down expecting to be there for quite some time- they would bring tools, brushes, pigments, torches (and flint to maintain fires), as well as food to sustain them. There is also evidence of scaffolding systems, so that projects could be continued over time.. 350 CHAPTER X. THE CAVERNS OF THE CENTRAL REGIONFig. 137.- El Buxu Cave.Bird figure carved on a bear fang..Figura de ave entallada en un colmillo de oso.sFig. 139.- La Lluera Cave. Multiple superimposed e Kaua ‘ Kaua ‘ i Cave Amphipod What are the Kaua‘i cave wolf spider and Kaua‘i cave amphipod? The Kaua‘i cave wolf spider ( Adelocosa anop s) and Kaua’i cave amphipod (