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Fine Arts Chapter 3 Lesson 1
September 2, 2015
Cave Art: World View
Cave Art: Hunting Ritual?
Masculine and Feminine
Paintings primarily depict large, wild animals - bison, horses, deer, etc.
Lots of paintings not in deep, dark depths
Wounds, weapons, traps
Different animals prominent on different art
forms: different audiences?
Imitative Magic: like produces like
Bison: Matrifocal
Cave Art: Calendars?
Location of cave art deep in caves
Seasonal: Multiple marks on bones and antlers
Overlapping paintings, while other walls remain bare
Cave Art: Collaborative Effort?
Hand outlines: "imitations of animal footprints" (Conkey, 1981, p. 22)
Diversity
Cave abandoned because big game disappeared
Discovered in 1879
"First Paleolithic cave paintings to be recognized for what they were" - Conkey (1981, p. 20).
Recently dated to older than originally thought
Some parts of Altamira dated to be more than 35,600 years old
Almost 20,000 years older than some of the other paintings in the cave
Made a World Heritage Site in 1985
Currently closed to the public but a replica, the Neocave, and other information is available at The National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
Henri Breuil
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