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Cave Painting, Lascaux |
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| This portion of a cave painting in what is now Lascaux, France, was done by Paleolithic artists about 13,000 bc. The leaping cow and group of small horses were painted with red and yellow ochre that was either blown through reeds onto the wall or mixed with animal fat and applied with reeds or thistles. It is believed that prehistoric hunters painted these in order to gain magical powers that would ensure a successful hunt. | ||||||
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| Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York | ||||||
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| Horse; Cave; France; Comparative Anatomy; Stone Age; Mammal; Pleistocene Epoch; Cro-Magnons; Paleolithic Art; Cave Dwellers; Human Evolution; Painting; Lascaux | ||||||
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