Lascaux cave paintings

For the deeper meaning of Mesolithic inventions (and the mythic/psychological meaning of the bow) see p.7 of James Harrod's essay at: originsnet.org/bow.pdf

Part of an ekphrastic, non-fiction series from author David Linebarger.

Thomas Dowson takes us inside Lascaux Caves, France. An Ice Age Cave few have the opportunity to visit today.

Lascaux is located in south-west France. The site has earned international fame as a tourist hot-spot for its prehistoric cave paintings. Situated near the village of Montignac, the Paleolithic art is estimated to be a good 15,000 years old.

Today, on the 12th of September in 1940 the caves of Lascaux in the south of France near to Montignac were discovered by Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas, 4 young peo…

Australian war illustrator Ivor Hele painted jungle fighting in New Guinea during World War II. One day, three men in his unit were killed. Their bodies were left sprawled in the mud while the remaining troops scrambled to dig foxholes. Hele, who felt the tragedy must be recorded, crouched by the bodies to draw them. The soldiers watched him in grim silence. Then it began to rain. Without a word, several soldiers left the safety of their foxholes to build a makeshift shelter over Hele with…

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These are very old works painted by hunters who never went to art schools. Yet the basic elements of lines, shapes, colours, textures, form...

Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux

Rhinoceros, Wounded Man & Disemboweled Bison Date: c 16-14000 BCE Subject: Same as title Location: Caves at Lascaux, France Culture/Period: Paleolithic Medium: Charcoal Notes: Rhino was separate figure created before or after the bison/man image. Shows fight between man & bison