Directory of Cave Paintings Resources

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This is a form of expression used for tens of thousands of years, and varies from rough outlines of hands to stylised depictions of animals and people.

Resources in This Category

• Cave Paintings

  http://vm.kemsu.ru/en/palaeolith/cavepaint.html
  A virtual museum of prehistoric art, with photographs and descriptions of artwork in Russia, Spain, France and South America. [Russian and English]

• Paintings, Engravings and Sculptures

  http://donsmaps.com/indexpaintings.html
  Illustrated articles about famous cave paintings in France and rock engravings in Norway.

• The Cave of Lascaux

  http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml/
  Interactive exploration of this prehistoric site, with illustrations of the artwork on its walls and roof. [English, French, German and Spanish]

• Wikipedia: Cave Painting

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting
  Encyclopedia article describes the different discoveries and the conclusions that have been made about the people who created them.

 

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