THE ART INNOVATION DURING THE OLD AGE

Paleolithic peoples did more than just to survive the changes of the earth. However, there was a discovery paintings of Paleolithic people at Lascaux (pronounced as "la-SKOE") that was found in southwestern France and Altamira (pronounces as "AL-tuh-MIR-uh) in Norther Spain.

Lascaux Cave Paintings

I give credits to kjgear for this educational video(I do not own the video). This is about the Cave Paintings in Lacaux.

The cave paintings in Lacaux was discovered in the year 1940 by the four boys in Lacaux in Southern France they found a similar group of paintings in a cave. During these times they were trying to rescue their dog, who had fallen through a small hole into the cave. The cave almost consists of three hundred paintings of lions, oxen,owls,panthers and other animals. Most of these Paleolithic people did not hunt, which indicates that they were painted for religious purposes.

The importance of art to human life is evident in one basic fact: art existed even in Prehistory, among the hunters and gatherers of the Paleolithic age.

In 1879, the twelve year old daughter of a Spanish landowner made a remarkable discovery on her farm in northern Spain. In a cave of Altamira, Paleolithic artists had painted an entire herd of animals such as horses, boars, bison, and deer on the ceiling of the cave.

Altamira Cave Paintings

I give credits to raulquintanilla1900 for this educational video(I do not own the video). This is about the Cave Paintings in Altamira.

Recent discoveries in other areas of the world had already added . The said cave paintings were done between 25,000 and 12,000 B.C.

All of the caves were underground and in complete darkness, but Paleolithic artists used stone lamps filled with animal fat to light their surroundings. By crushing mineral ores and combining them with animal fat, they could paint in red, yellow and black. They used their fingertips, crushed twigs, and even brushes made with animal hairs to apply these paints to the walls.

Many of these cave paintings show animals in remarkably realistic forms. There are few humans in these paintings also. When they are illustrated they are not realistic but rather are crude, stick like figures. The precise rendering of the animals figures has led many historians to believe that they were painted as part of magical or religious ritual intended to ensure success in hunting. Some believe also that the said paintings were made for their own sake. They beautified the cave itself and must have been pleasing to the eyes of early humans.
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