The Dawn of European Art: An Introduction to Palaeolithic Cave Painting

Altamira animal figures animals appears Ariège artist assemblages Aurignacian aurochs bear bison body bovines cave ceiling colouring Combarelles common complete considered constitute correspond decorated direct Dordogne drawing drawn edge elements engraved entrance evidence evolution examples existence expression face fact feline figures Font-de-Gaume four framing front gallery geometric ground-surface hand head hind horns horse human ibex images important Italy Lascaux later least less limbs limited linked Lower Magdalenian majority mammoth means Middle mobiliary nature Niaux objects outline painted palaeolithic art panel parietal parietal art partial particular Passage Pech-Merle perhaps period perspective Portel position possible present rare region reindeer relation relationships representation represented Rouffignac seems seen significant signs single situated space stag Style suggest superimposition surface symbols symmetry tail technical technique third Trois-Frères walls whole wounded