What is rock art?

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In 1879, Spanish Marcelino de Sautuola discovered the entrance to a strange cave near Altamira. Intrigued, he decided to explore the interior, and was astonished to see bison painted figures in the attitude of attack. As we continue looking at the ceiling of the enclosure, he found dozens of images. I had discovered the rock art. This finding was greeted with skepticism by archaeologists. But doubts disappeared when in 1901, in Dordogne, France, found the caves of Font-de-Gaume, with mammoths, rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, horses painted in red and black. Later, in 1940, discovered the famous frescoes of Lascaux caves in France. Knowledge of the anatomy and habits of animals suggests that the artists had to be hunters and their paintings, as well as aesthetic representation, sought promote hunting.

Primitive man began to decorate the walls with paintings give their caves in the Upper Paleolithic period some 25,000 years before Christ.

How primitive artist painted?

To get the colors mixed coal dust, chalk and other substances with animal fat and vegetable juices. Predominantly red, black and ocher. The applied in the rock by hand or with rough brushes. They also knew spray paint.

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