ARHS 2913 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lascaux, Neolithic Europe, Homo Sapiens

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1969-1972 scientist found several stone plaques with paint on them depicting animals roughly 23,000bce. Animal facing left seems that spiritual belief was important as the animals appear to be hybrid creations. Paleolithic art of europe one of the earliest sculptures known discovered in germany. Human with feline-head about 1ft, mammoth ivory, 30,000-28,000bce hybrid form. Two bison, france, 12,000bce modeling - shape the desired form out of soft clay. Bison with turned head, 12,000bce carving - carve the desired form from hard stone and then incise (scratch in) the details. Bulls animals represented in pro le while some attributes, like the horns, are represented as if from the front generally deep inside caves, in areas not easily accessible paintings concentrated in speci c areas. Horse some cases of animals pierced with arrows. Spotted horses and negative hand imprints hand prints! Bird-headed man with bison and rhinoceros, 15,000-13,000bce suggests narrative.

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