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Analysis Of The Video Lascaux: The Prehistory Of Art

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Reflection: Lascaux: The Prehistory of Art The video Lascaux: The Prehistory of Art depicts numerous cave paintings and artifacts which were created nearly 15,000 years ago, however, it was only uncovered in 1940. So many questions can be asked about this cave, one in which I wanted answered was “How did discovering this cave affect the history of art? In this following paragraphs I will attempt to uncover this answer. It began in the small village of Montignac in the year 1940. A settler ventured up a hill and slipped into a hole. Upon doing so, a rock had fallen into the hole, he noticed that it was a very large hole. A few weeks later he had recruited help from a former teacher of his and began an exploration of the cave below. The formation of the cave began by limestone erosion. There were many sections that encompassed this cave. Those sections seemed to have been made by water flowing into the cave which created rivers and passages within the cave itself. Over the many year’s limestone erosion continued to deteriorate the cave. …show more content…

The narrator also continues to explain there were horses, deer, bovines, signs and even a mysterious animal called a unicorn. There were two exits that exist leading out of this area. One way lead to the painted gallery, which contained the painting of the Great Black Bull. Among the walls were also carved horses and cows. These carvings had seemingly been painted over assuming to show details and give the animals

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