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A Journey in Prehistoric Art of the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves of Southern France, and others… Paleolithic Picassos?

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A slideshow presenting paleolithic art for 6th graders.

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Page 1: Lascaux Cave Art

A Journey in Prehistoric Art of the Lascaux and

Chauvet Caves of Southern France, and others…

Paleolithic Picassos?

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Where are the caves? How were they discovered and when?

• And…there are other places in the world where painted caves exist!• Like Spain, South America, Australia, etc…

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Discovery!

Chauvet Caves

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The Artists• Lived approx.

17,000 to 30,000 years ago during the Stone age and the Ice age

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How did they create the images?• Using bone, sticks, brush

made with animal hair, hands/fingers, and sharpened rocks

• Paints came from the earth - crushed and mixed with cave water to create color

• Dark caverns were lit with torches and prehistoric lamps: made with animal fat, etc etc

• In Lascaux, scaffolds and ladders were built to get to the high points.

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What did the artists paint?• Why did they

paint and carve on the cave walls?

• Did they live in the caves also?

• What evidence of human life do we see in the caves?

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What is the significance?• What is represented in

these paintings?

• Why are there so few images of humans?

• How does this artwork reflect life of prehistoric peoples?

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Map of the Lascaux Caves - Southern France

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Lascaux - Chinese Horses & Bulls

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Chauvet

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Lascaux - Shaft of the dead man

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Reindeer - Lascaux

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Lascaux - horse and harpoons, or plants?

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Chauvet, horses

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Chauvet

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Chauvet

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Chauvet - Ibex

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Chauvet - bear

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Chauvet - herd of rhinos

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Chauvet

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Chauvet

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Chauvet

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Chauvet

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Hand Stencil - Chauvet

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Horse with handprints at Pech-Merle

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Bison from Altamira Caves - Spain

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How do these cave drawings compare…

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…to these animals of today?