Cave painting

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…

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Cave Paintings and Graffiti Cave paintings are one of the earliest known art forms. It is not known for certain why ancient people spent time creating these works. It is clear that over the course of human history, humans have a tendency of marking the places they inhabit. This trend has carried on into the present day, in the form of graffiti. Both styles of art can tell the viewer a great deal about who created the work, including their culture practices or personal opinions. The piece…

“The Science Behind Caves Paintings” The term "cave painting" enclose any parietal art which involves the application of color pigments on the walls, floors or ceilings of ancient rock shelters. The start of cave art was estimated to be starting around 40,000 BCE. From about this date that the earliest rock art began to emerge in caves and rock shelters around the world. Magura Cave, Bulgaria, Cave of El Castillo, Spain, Lascaux, France, Grotte de Cussac, France, Pech Merle, near Cabrerets,…

Discovered only recently, the oldest cave painting was found in Spain, believed to be left by the Neanderthals and is now the oldest and historical cave paintings discovered. A previous painting found in France was dated to be from 37,000 years ago, is now replaced by the Spanish cave painting, believed to be more than 48,000 years ago. Now in modern days, paint is very common. There are many different varieties of paints and uses, such as acrylic, water-based, oil-based, sheen, latex, and…

Antique pieces of history are extirpated by the human race constantly throughout the world everyday. The cave painting by Banksy exemplifies a man in present-day society unknowingly washing away artwork, nature, and traditions, with no regards of the art works history. Generally speaking the man is behaving the way he does since it is how society around him is. Symbols of the culture are present in the painting and have no interest to history which gives the man the sense of selfishness…

This is reflected in the cave art: ancient artistic representations of the many facets of human social life, covering all aspects of their social and spiritual activities. These manifestations reveal that from early times human beings have been creating a system of artistic representation related to daily practices. Most of them, are paintings located in every continent all over the world having a wide geographical scope, and besides of their motifs, even the materials they used were similar in…

(1) Where is Koonalda? What is found there? Koonalda Cave lies in the middle south of the continent of Australia, in the dry and desolate area of Nullarbor. This cave is significant because it is one of the multiple connecting caves formed by acidic water percolating through the limestone composition, which is a created environment for preserving fossil records. It is at Koonalda that the earliest human impressions of human hand incisions swirled throughout the interior that archaeologists can…

Cave of Forgotten Dreams On December 1994, a cave located at the entrance to the Ardèche department of southern France, was accidentally discovered. It contains the oldest collection of cave paintings in the world. The cave was named Chauvet Cave after its leading discoverer Jean-Marie Chauvet (Herzog, 2010). Since then, scientists have worked hard to know more about this cave and its paintings. Only a small group of scientists were allowed to enter Chauvet Cave (Herzog, 2010). At first…

Located in France near the town of Montignac, are the Lascaux Caves. Filled with bountiful cave paintings dating back over 15,000 years ago, these caves were discovered unintentionally. While following their dog, four teenagers discovered these works of art after traveling down the narrow entrance leading into the caves (History.com). The Lascaux Caves have different sections based on the collections of artwork painted on the walls, including the Hall of Bulls, the Chamber of Engravings, and the…