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    The Lascaux Cave paintings in France were created between 17,000-13,000 BCE. Four teenagers discovered the cave in 1940, and it opened to the public in 1948, attracting up to 1,500 tourists per day. However, by 1963 the cave closed to the public to preserve the art which was deteriorating from carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors. A full-scale replica called Lascaux II was built nearby in 1983 so tourists could still visit. The paintings featured mostly bulls and horses, and were made using brushes of moss or hair and natural pigments like red, brown and yellow ochre.

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    The Lascaux Cave paintings in France were created between 17,000-13,000 BCE. Four teenagers discovered the cave in 1940, and it opened to the public in 1948, attracting up to 1,500 tourists per day. However, by 1963 the cave closed to the public to preserve the art which was deteriorating from carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors. A full-scale replica called Lascaux II was built nearby in 1983 so tourists could still visit. The paintings featured mostly bulls and horses, and were made using brushes of moss or hair and natural pigments like red, brown and yellow ochre.

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    The Lascaux Cave paintings in France were created between 17,000-13,000 BCE. Four teenagers discovered the cave in 1940, and it opened to the public in 1948, attracting up to 1,500 tourists per day. However, by 1963 the cave closed to the public to preserve the art which was deteriorating from carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors. A full-scale replica called Lascaux II was built nearby in 1983 so tourists could still visit. The paintings featured mostly bulls and horses, and were made using brushes of moss or hair and natural pigments like red, brown and yellow ochre.

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    Why did cavemen draw

    and paint pictures inside


    of the walls of caves?
    Bell Ringer

    Lascaux Cave
    Paintings
    Prehistoric Art in France

    Fast Facts
    Paintings

    and engravings inside were made between


    17,000 and 13,000 BCE
    Found by four teenagers in 1940
    Full scale replica Lascaux II was built a few hundred
    feet away from the original, so tourists could visit.

    Timeline of the Tourism of the Cave


    1940-

    Four teens found the cave


    1948-Cave opened to the public
    1955- much of the caves art was beginning to
    deteriorate because of the amount of carbon dioxide
    exhaled by tourist.
    1500

    1963-

    tourists a day

    Lascaux is closed off to the public in order to


    preserve the art
    1983 Lascaux II is built

    Artists Materials Used


    Scientists

    have found
    pieces of ancient
    scaffolding systems
    Brushes- swabs of moss
    or animal hair
    Natural pigments as
    paints
    Colors

    including black,
    reds, browns, and straw
    yellow

    The Hall of Bulls


    The

    worlds most famous


    underground gallery of
    Paleolithic art
    The main area is called
    The Rotunda
    Pictured are mostly bulls
    and horses.

    The Axial Gallery


    Great

    Black Bull- most


    famous artwork
    17 feet long
    Entire animal has been
    spray painted

    The Apse

    Accounts

    for most of the


    work in the cave
    More than 1000 figures
    500 animals
    600 abstract designs

    Designs used in cave paintings


    Animals

    Abstract Symbols

    Straight

    lines
    Parallel lines
    Branching lines
    Dots
    V-shaped lines
    Four sided shapes

    Choose three symbols from the


    previous slide and use them in your
    cave paintings.
    Must choose one from each category
    Task

    The Lascaux Caves were


    discovered by five
    scientists.
    FALSE

    The designs on the cave


    walls included animals and
    abstract symbols.
    True

    Lascaux has been closed to


    a majority of the public
    since 1963.
    True

    The Hall of Cows is a


    famous part of the Lascaux
    Caves.
    FALSE
    The Hall of Bulls

    Cavemen included
    sculptures into the Lascaux
    caves.
    FALSE

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