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    The document summarizes information about the Lascaux Cave paintings in France, including: - The paintings were made between approximately 15,000-13,000 BCE and were discovered in 1940 by four teenagers. - A full-scale replica of the cave, called Lascaux II, was built to allow tourists to visit while preserving the original. - By the 1960s, carbon dioxide from thousands of daily visitors was deteriorating the paintings, so the original cave was closed to the public in order to preserve the art.

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    The document summarizes information about the Lascaux Cave paintings in France, including: - The paintings were made between approximately 15,000-13,000 BCE and were discovered in 1940 by four teenagers. - A full-scale replica of the cave, called Lascaux II, was built to allow tourists to visit while preserving the original. - By the 1960s, carbon dioxide from thousands of daily visitors was deteriorating the paintings, so the original cave was closed to the public in order to preserve the art.

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    The document summarizes information about the Lascaux Cave paintings in France, including: - The paintings were made between approximately 15,000-13,000 BCE and were discovered in 1940 by four teenagers. - A full-scale replica of the cave, called Lascaux II, was built to allow tourists to visit while preserving the original. - By the 1960s, carbon dioxide from thousands of daily visitors was deteriorating the paintings, so the original cave was closed to the public in order to preserve the art.

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    Name:______________________________________

    Section:______________

    Lascaux Cave Paintings


    Prehistoric Art in France
    Fast Facts

    Paintings and engravings inside were made between _________ and


    ______________BCE
    Found by four teenagers in ________
    Full scale replica ___________________ was built a few hundred feet away
    from the original, so tourists could visit.

    Timeline of the Tourism of the Cave

    _________- Four teens found the cave


    __________-Cave opened to the public
    ___________- much of the caves art was beginning to deteriorate
    because of the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled by tourist.
    o 1500 tourists a day
    ____________- Lascaux is closed off to the public in order to preserve the
    art
    ____________- Lascaux II is built

    Artists Materials Used

    Scientists have found pieces of ancient scaffolding systems


    Brushes- swabs of ________________ or _____________ _____________
    Natural pigments as paints
    Colors including __________, _____________, _______________, and
    _____________

    The Hall of Bulls

    The worlds most famous underground gallery of Paleolithic art


    The main area is called The ____________
    Pictured are mostly ________ and ___________.

    The Axial Gallery

    Great Black Bull- most famous artwork


    17 feet long
    Entire animal has been ____________ ____________________

    The Apse

    Accounts for most of the work in the cave


    More than ___________ figures
    _____ animals
    ______ abstract designs

    Designs used in cave paintings

    Animals
    Abstract Symbols
    o __________lines
    o Parallel lines
    o Branching lines
    o __________
    o V-shaped lines
    o _______ __________ shapes

    Sketch out an idea for your cave paintings below:

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