Ranging from cave paintings to Megalithic Structures. Starting with Aurochs, horses and rhinoceroses, wall painting in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont d'Arc France 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE and La Lascaux 15,000-17,000 BCE, their similarities and differences. Then jumping straight into Megalithic structures, Megalithic tomb at Newgrange, Ireland 3,200 BCE and Megalithic monument Stonehenge, Europe 3,000-2,000 BCE their differences and similarities.
Aurochs, horses and rhinoceroses, wall painting in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont d'Arc France 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE (figure #1) and La Lascaux 15,000-17,000 BCE (figure #2) cave painting. The first painting is the oldest painting to have been found. The painting shows a main …show more content…
It is ginormous, 80 feet in diameter and 44 feet tall. It is built with alternating stones and dirt. The dirt is there so the stones don't collapse in on themselves and so the stones won't move. There is a passage on the southeastern side, its span is 60 feet, at the end of passage there are 3 small rooms. The megaliths which is the huge stones that create the passageway are held in place by their own weight as well as the dome of stones. On some of the megaliths are decorated with either circular shapes or rectangular forms these are visible on the winter solstice, the entire chamber is lit.
The Megalithic monument Stonehenge, Europe 3,000-2,000 BCE (figure #4) is the most famous Megalithic structure. Stonehenge is made up of two different stones the bigger stones are called rough-cut sarsen it is a form of sandstone. Each of the rough cut sarsen weight between 45 to 50 tons. The smaller stones are called bluestones which are an array of volcanic rocks, the bluestones make a shape of a horseshoe facing east. Also to the east apart from the ring of stones is the heel stone, the heel stone marks the point where the sun would rise during summer …show more content…
Both of the structures are massive, in both figure #3 and figure #4 there are people in the images to see the scale of how massive each structure is. In ways that the two are different is one goes with winter solstice and the other goes with the winter solstice. Figure #3 is a closed structure while figure #4 is an open structure.
Figure #3 is unique because most megalithic structures are stone but figure #3 is stone and earth, not only is it a dome shape but has a roof. What I find unique about figure #4 is in the image the grass around the stonehenge is dying, there are a lot of patches of yellow/brown grass, but within the stonehenge the grass is very green. The engineering behind creating both structures is extraordinary one had to balance the stones and still till this day the structures remain intact. Cave paintings, figure #1 and figure #2 their similarities in figures, shapes and sizes, their differences in style and depth. Their uniqueness in quantity. Megalithic structures figure #3 and figure #4 their differences in shape and form. Their similarities in depth, size and structure. Their uniqueness in form and
Aurochs, horses and rhinoceroses, wall painting in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont d'Arc France 30,000-28,000 or 15,000-13,000 BCE (figure #1) and La Lascaux 15,000-17,000 BCE (figure #2) cave painting. The first painting is the oldest painting to have been found. The painting shows a main …show more content…
It is ginormous, 80 feet in diameter and 44 feet tall. It is built with alternating stones and dirt. The dirt is there so the stones don't collapse in on themselves and so the stones won't move. There is a passage on the southeastern side, its span is 60 feet, at the end of passage there are 3 small rooms. The megaliths which is the huge stones that create the passageway are held in place by their own weight as well as the dome of stones. On some of the megaliths are decorated with either circular shapes or rectangular forms these are visible on the winter solstice, the entire chamber is lit.
The Megalithic monument Stonehenge, Europe 3,000-2,000 BCE (figure #4) is the most famous Megalithic structure. Stonehenge is made up of two different stones the bigger stones are called rough-cut sarsen it is a form of sandstone. Each of the rough cut sarsen weight between 45 to 50 tons. The smaller stones are called bluestones which are an array of volcanic rocks, the bluestones make a shape of a horseshoe facing east. Also to the east apart from the ring of stones is the heel stone, the heel stone marks the point where the sun would rise during summer …show more content…
Both of the structures are massive, in both figure #3 and figure #4 there are people in the images to see the scale of how massive each structure is. In ways that the two are different is one goes with winter solstice and the other goes with the winter solstice. Figure #3 is a closed structure while figure #4 is an open structure.
Figure #3 is unique because most megalithic structures are stone but figure #3 is stone and earth, not only is it a dome shape but has a roof. What I find unique about figure #4 is in the image the grass around the stonehenge is dying, there are a lot of patches of yellow/brown grass, but within the stonehenge the grass is very green. The engineering behind creating both structures is extraordinary one had to balance the stones and still till this day the structures remain intact. Cave paintings, figure #1 and figure #2 their similarities in figures, shapes and sizes, their differences in style and depth. Their uniqueness in quantity. Megalithic structures figure #3 and figure #4 their differences in shape and form. Their similarities in depth, size and structure. Their uniqueness in form and