The first impressions of the Chauvet Cave seemed uninteresting and looked like an ordinary cave at first. But it turns out that some of the very first human drawings and paintings on Earth were discovered inside this cave. Natural disasters‚ such as rock slides‚ caused the entrance of the cave to be blocked off and no one (except for the scientists and film crew) is allowed in. The paintings and drawings inside were placed near the end of the cave; keeping them further away from the daylight. This
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Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves (Oriya: ଉଦୟଗିରି ଓ ଖଣ୍ଡଗିରି ଗୁମ୍ଫା) are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological‚ historical and religious importance near the city of Bhubaneswar in Odisha‚ India. The caves are situated on two adjacent hills‚ Udayagiri and Khandagiri‚ mentioned as Kumari Parvat in the Hathigumpha inscription. They have a number of finely and ornately carved caves. It is believed that most of these caves were carved out as residential blocks for Jain monks during
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represent a different kind of survival that seems more uncommon‚ but seems like a religious practice among different Neolithic cultures. Besides religion another representation of survival through art was the depicition of animals in the cave paintings at Lascaux‚ France. The Rhinoceros‚ wounded man‚ and disemboweld bison‚ a Paleolithic piece‚ shows that the Paleolithic man more than likely hunted that animals show which is obviously a factor in their survival. In the painting it displays a man who
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and truth. This is the basic premise for Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ in which prisoners sit in a cave‚ chained down‚ watching images cast on the wall in front of them. They accept these views as reality and they are unable to grasp their overall situation: the cave and images are a ruse‚ a mere shadow show orchestrated for them by unseen men. At some point‚ a prisoner is set free and is forced to see the situation inside the cave. Initially‚ one does not want to give up the security of his or
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near which of the following? Nile River Megalith refers to the large stones used in the creation of Stonehenge. Venus of Willendorf may have symbolized fertility. This image is representative of which stylistic period? Egyptian Lascaux Cave Paintings is an example of sympathetic magic. These paintings are representative of which period? Paleolithic Statuettes of Worshippers were intended as votive offerings to the gods. Mycenaean is a civilization that thrived on mainland
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Ancient cave paintings and modern day graffiti in the context of communication are comparable in various ways. "Works of art from the Stone Age include cave paintings‚ reliefs and sculpture of stone‚ ivory and bone. The subjects consist mainly of animals‚ although some abstract human figures have been found. There is no surviving architecture as such. Many Stone Age dwellings consisted of caves and rock shelters. Some impressive monuments such as Stonehenge exist‚ but their functions remain a mystery
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There are many mysterious places in all nations that well-known all around world. Among those places‚ Lascaux Cave is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings which is located in southwestern France. Researchers of the cave found it as 17300 years old. They primarily consist of images of large animals‚ most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979‚ Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This place is also known as “First color photos from
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October 29th‚ 2013 Ai WeiWei Art Review: “Straight” Art is one of the oldest ways in which humans communicate. Art can be dated back to humanities’ first steps‚ used as a mean to record and worship‚ such as the examples found in cave paintings of the Lascaux cave in France or the Venus of Willendolf. (Source #1) And for a long time‚ art did not deviate from its original path as a tool for society. Artists lived only as servants to their churches‚ their nobles and their kings. As the churches
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Some people seem to think that the red cross which is used as a symbol by the American Red Cross and International Red Cross is a Christian symbol - and therefore that these organizations are Christian in character. I don’t know why‚ but these people don’t seem to realize that cross are and have been used as symbols outside of Christianity. Media Matters reports: [A]ccording to the American Red Cross website‚ it was “[i]n honor of the Swiss ... [that] the symbol of a red cross on a white background
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not yet present during that time that’s why they used art to communicate with others and also to interpret their culture and environment. Generally‚ Prehistoric art is dominated by two subjects Survival and Fertility. Survival can be seen in the cave paintings wherein the most drawn things are animals of different kinds. Historians interpret these as either recording of the events that took place like hunting for food or getting away from predators. These paintings can serve religious purposes
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