African cave painting

The sandstone cliffs of Sego Canyon are a spectacular outdoor art gallery of petroglyphs painted and carved by Native Americans peoples over a period of around 8,000 years. They are characterised by more than 80 imposing and haunting life-sized figures with hollowed eyes or missing eyes and the frequent absence of arms and legs.

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Oldest representation of a frame drum from Chatal Huyuk, Anatolia, present day Turkey. c. 5600 BCE Image via Layne Redmond archives Layneredmond.com

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Pigments Used in Ancient African Art : the prehistoric colour palette used in African cave painting by Bushmen artists consisted mostly of earth pigments. Browns, yellows, orange and reds from ochre; white from zinc oxide; blue from iron and silicic acid; blacks from charcoal or soot. San rock art panel, Gamepass shelter in the Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa

David Coulson has driven the length and breadth of Africa determined to document its ancient rock art before it disappears forever

These are masterpieces that we will never see with our own eyes. Paintings, engravings, and hand stencils dating from 27,000 years ago when a sparse population occupied the Mediterranean seaside. These works of art are so fragile that the underwater passage leading to them has been sealed off. Only a few people have actually seen the marvels of the Cosquer Cave: the professional diver from Cassis who discovered it in 1985 and gave it his name.

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