VISC 1B02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pech Merle, Cave Painting, Danube
13 Sep 2015
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Study of systematic study of prehistory began less than 200. Why do we study the history for image creation? years ago. First modern explorers of the painted caves of france and. Hunter-gather society: two overlapping horses standing back to back found in one chamber in the vast underground complex at pech- Speculations that first artists were women (hand sizes) Cave paintings at altamira, northern spain, 12,000 years back: images of bison seen in strict profile from various points of view, using the natural qualities of the cave to add a sense of form. Wanted to give a more life-like, three dimensional feel, thus, used the boulder. Prehistoric cave painting: chauvet cave paintings in southeastern france, discovered in 1994. Dated back to 15,000 bce: bird-headed man with bison includes rare depiction of a human figure. Most figures carved in prehistoric period are women: woman from willenduf found in austria dating from about 24,000.
