Post by L Roebuck on Oct 29, 2008 7:17:41 GMT -5
1000 artworks to see before you die: Paleolithic art
Jonathan Jones
Red circles sprout like a patch of poppies underground. Even after 25,000 years it's apparent they must have been made by spraying rather than daubing paint; the red ochre pigment has a cloudiness at its edges that gives this away. An archaeologist working in this very cave, Peche Merle in the Cahors region of France, has demonstrated that most likely it was spat from the ancient artist's mouth. But what transfixes you is the shape silhouetted among the dots: the shape of a large human hand.
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Jonathan Jones
Red circles sprout like a patch of poppies underground. Even after 25,000 years it's apparent they must have been made by spraying rather than daubing paint; the red ochre pigment has a cloudiness at its edges that gives this away. An archaeologist working in this very cave, Peche Merle in the Cahors region of France, has demonstrated that most likely it was spat from the ancient artist's mouth. But what transfixes you is the shape silhouetted among the dots: the shape of a large human hand.
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