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Artists

Beringia

(5,159 posts) Thu Mar 14, 2019, 02:35 PM Mar 2019

I wonder why the prehistoric men or women were such good artists [View all]

They seemed to capture the essence and spirit of the animal, with just an outline. Depictions that even Picasso would be envious of. Did they have designated artists?

A wonderful documentary about the Chauvet Cave in southern France, by Werner Herzog.

https://dalzelllance.caminonuevo.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=122262

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I wonder why the prehistoric men or women were such good artists [View all] Beringia Mar 2019 OP

There are some that even depict animation gtar100 Mar 2019 #1

Interesting Beringia Mar 2019 #2

Neanderthals couldn't draw but Homo sapiens could. It helped them visualize the hunt. Demit Mar 2019 #3

Thanks for the article Beringia Mar 2019 #5

Read an article that said they may have been done by autistic savants applegrove Mar 2019 #4

I read somewhere that the paintings were done on the bumpy wall and ceilings happyaccident Jun 2019 #6