Age Rock PaintingDiscovering Prehistoric Art

•Started during the Aurignacian Period but reached a high point during Magdalenian Period.

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Cave walls

• 28,000-40,000 years ago• An upper paleolithic stone tool

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• 12,000-17,000 years ago• One of the later cultures of Upper

Paleolithic in Western Europe.

Theories:•Hunting magic•Paleolithic shamans

Cave water

Animal fats

Veggie juice

blood

urine

Chauvet Cave in France•Two main parts: RED paintings and BLACK ones.•Discovered in 1994 •300 paintings

Chauvet Cave in France

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LIONS AND RHINOCEROS

Lascaux Cave in France•7 Chambers•2000 painted images•Discovered in 1940

Lascaux Cave in France

Halls of Bulls

Halls of Bulls

Lateral Passage

Shaft of the Dead Man

Engraved Stag

Black Cow Panel

Chamber of Felines

Altamira Cave in Spain•Discovered 1879•“Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art”

Altmira Cave in France

Painted ceiling Sistine Chapel