1. The Hall of Bulls one of the many paintings contained within the Lascaux Caves. The Lascaux Caves were discovered in 1940 in the southwestern region of France called Dordogne. The painting has been dated to 15,000 BCE. The mediums used to create the Halls of Bulls were white limestone, charcoal, and ocher (an earth material that is pigmented in a wide range of colors). The Hall of Bulls is roughly 62 feet in length and with a variation of different heights ranging from 18 feet tall to 25 feet tall. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/lascaux-cave-paintings.htm#hallofbulls. The longest single image is a Bull at 18 feet long.
2. The Hall of Bulls is the most complex rendered painting in the caves of Lascaux. There are multiple …show more content…
As one of the most popular prehistoric paintings in history, there is a lot of documentation on the usage of artistic visual elements. One of the most prominent features of the Hall of Bulls the usage of overlapping form. This is achieved where you can see multiple animals through the other animals this gives the image depth and a feeling of space. Otherwise, the size of the animals would be greatly understated, the smaller the animal the further in the background of the image. There is also a natural curved line from the bottom left of the image to the top right. This is also showing an emphasis on movement going from small to large. The shape of the cave also enhances the curve of the line, with the natural “swoosh” from left to right getting larger as it goes. By using ocher, the artists were able to achieve natural colors of the animals they saw. Ranging from Brown deer to red bulls gave the work a sense of moving tonality. Getting animals, you can barely see, to full blown colored in deer and horses. Also by using charcoal to get their black silhouettes on the white great intensity to make the animals pop off the canvas.
4. The term prehistoric means a period of time in which there is no record or no written preserved documents. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prehistoric. So, this literally means that it was a time period in which there were not people taking record of history. This relates to this painting because this painting is one of the
2. The Hall of Bulls is the most complex rendered painting in the caves of Lascaux. There are multiple …show more content…
As one of the most popular prehistoric paintings in history, there is a lot of documentation on the usage of artistic visual elements. One of the most prominent features of the Hall of Bulls the usage of overlapping form. This is achieved where you can see multiple animals through the other animals this gives the image depth and a feeling of space. Otherwise, the size of the animals would be greatly understated, the smaller the animal the further in the background of the image. There is also a natural curved line from the bottom left of the image to the top right. This is also showing an emphasis on movement going from small to large. The shape of the cave also enhances the curve of the line, with the natural “swoosh” from left to right getting larger as it goes. By using ocher, the artists were able to achieve natural colors of the animals they saw. Ranging from Brown deer to red bulls gave the work a sense of moving tonality. Getting animals, you can barely see, to full blown colored in deer and horses. Also by using charcoal to get their black silhouettes on the white great intensity to make the animals pop off the canvas.
4. The term prehistoric means a period of time in which there is no record or no written preserved documents. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prehistoric. So, this literally means that it was a time period in which there were not people taking record of history. This relates to this painting because this painting is one of the