Lascaux cave paintings

Part of an ekphrastic, non-fiction series from author David Linebarger.

Rhinoceros, Wounded Man & Disemboweled Bison Date: c 16-14000 BCE Subject: Same as title Location: Caves at Lascaux, France Culture/Period: Paleolithic Medium: Charcoal Notes: Rhino was separate figure created before or after the bison/man image. Shows fight between man & bison

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In 1940 in south western France in Lascuax some teenagers stumbled across cave paintings from 17,300 years ago. In 1955 the carbon...

Today, on the 12th of September in 1940 the caves of Lascaux in the south of France near to Montignac were discovered by Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas, 4 young peo…

The Bradshaw Foundation provides an online learning resource to promote the study of early humankind’s artistic achievements and to foster principles of research and of conservation. Its areas of focus are archaeology, anthropology and genetic research, with the primary objective to discover, document and preserve ancient rock art around the world.

Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux

Australian war illustrator Ivor Hele painted jungle fighting in New Guinea during World War II. One day, three men in his unit were killed. Their bodies were left sprawled in the mud while the remaining troops scrambled to dig foxholes. Hele, who felt the tragedy must be recorded, crouched by the bodies to draw them. The soldiers watched him in grim silence. Then it began to rain. Without a word, several soldiers left the safety of their foxholes to build a makeshift shelter over Hele with…