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  2. Lascaux - Wikipedia

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    Lascaux (English: / l æ ˈ s k oʊ / la-SKOH, [1] US also / l ɑː ˈ s k oʊ / lah-SKOH; [2] French: Grotte de Lascaux [ɡʁɔt də lasko], [3] "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the ...

  3. List of Stone Age art - Wikipedia

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    A 16,000-year-old piece of art from the Lascaux cave in France Magdalenian Horse, c. 15,000 BCE, Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, France. Cave art. Chufin cave (Spain) – small cave with engravings, stick figures, and artwork schematically portraying red deer, goats and cattle.

  4. Rock art of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Rock art paintings of aurochs at the Upper Palaeolithic cave site of Lascaux in southwestern France. Rock art has been produced in Europe since the Upper Palaeolithic period through to recent centuries. It is found in all of the major regions of the continent. [1] One of the most famous examples of parietal art is the Grotte Chauvet in France. [2]

  5. Art of the Upper Paleolithic - Wikipedia

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    Art of the European Upper Paleolithic includes rock and cave painting, jewelry, [12] [13] drawing, carving, engraving and sculpture in clay, bone, antler, [14] stone [15] and ivory, such as the Venus figurines, and musical instruments such as flutes. Decoration was also made on functional tools, such as spear throwers, perforated batons and lamps.

  6. Lascaux Cave - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 4 August 2011, at 22:23 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  7. Visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Lascaux painting Nefertari with Isis. Like drawing, painting has its documented origins in caves and on rock faces. The finest examples, believed by some to be 32,000 years old, are in the Chauvet and Lascaux caves in southern France. In shades of red, brown, yellow and black, the paintings on the walls and ceilings are of bison, cattle, horses ...

  8. Vézère - Wikipedia

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    The Vézère valley was dubbed the "Valley of Mankind" from the end of the nineteenth century following the numerous discoveries of exceptional prehistoric sites, including the Abri de Crô-Magnon, a rock shelter, the cave of Font-de-Gaume, and the Combarelles caves in Les Eyzies. It also the location of the Lascaux cave in Montignac.

  9. File:Lascaux, Megaloceros.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: A REPLICA of depiction at the cave of Lascaux. It is NOT THE ORIGINAL It is NOT THE ORIGINAL Русский: Наскальный рисунок гигантского оленя в пещере Ласко .