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Growing evidence of Neanderthal “Art”
by Stephen Alvarez|June 23, 2023|age, cave art, Europe, France, petroglyph
Claims that other species besides Homo Sapiens made art or used "symbolic behavior" have been met with skepticism. But evidence that Neanderthals did produce symbols keeps growing. In a paper published this week in the Journal PLOS One,
Chauvet Pont d’Arc the discovery of 36,000-year-old art
Upper Paleolithic Proto Writing
by ancientartarch|January 5, 2023|Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Uncategorized
We know that ancient artists were exacting observers of the natural world. But it is mind bending that they may have had a written time keeping system 20,000 years ago.
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, France
Modern Ancient Art
by Genevive Zacconi|May 26, 2022|age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Gravettian, Magdalenian, Painting, Paleolithic, Rock Art, Spain
Modern art concepts like cubism have their origins in the oldest artworks on the planet. Our brains are hard wired for abstraction.
Paenl of the Four Horses
Panel of the Four Horses, Chauvet in VR
by Stephen Alvarez|February 11, 2022|age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art, Virtual Reality
The panel of the Four Horses in Chauvet Pont d'Arc cave is now online in VR
pictograph handprint in El Castillo
Dating Rock Art, How Old Is It?
by Joshua Alvarez|January 14, 2022|36000 BP, age, Altamira, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, How Old Is It?, pictograph, Rock Art, Spain
paintings in El Castillo in Spain are more than 40,000 years old, much older than previously suspected
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, France
Chauvet Cave the discovery of 36,000-year-old art
by Gregory Crouch|March 14, 2021|36000 BP, age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Paleolithic, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art
almost 30 years ago explorers forced their way into Chauvet cave in France, what they found astounded the world.
Grotte Pair-non-Pair, Aquitaine France
by Stephen Alvarez|October 1, 2018|age, Aurignacian, cave art, France, Paleolithic, petroglyph, Rock Art
The paleolithic cave Pair-non-Pair was found when a farmer went looking for a lost cow who had fallen in a hole, the cave he discovered
Chauvet Pont d'Arc Horses
Limited Edition Chauvet Portfolio to support the Ancient Art Archive
by Stephen Alvarez|September 2, 2017|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art
I have selected 12 images from Chauvet Pont d'Arc Cave for a portfolio of prints to help support the Ancient Art Archive. Each image is limited to 12 prints each. Once they are sold there will be no more. The images are approximately 21" x 33" on 2 x 4-foot paper. Go here to see all the images and purchase. I'll be showing six of these prints in Oxford next month as part of a lecture at the Saïd Oxford Business School on September 13. The talk is free but registration is required. Go here for details. -Stephen Alvarez
Chauvet Cave Photographing the Lion Panel
by Stephen Alvarez|January 5, 2016|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art
The Lion Panel of Chauvet, Franceby Ancient Art Archiveon Sketchfab The Ancient Art Archive all grows out of a National Geographic Magazine story about paleolithic art. I wrote about that experience for the NG Proof blog and I've reproduced that text below. What I couldn't envision at the time is how images can be repurposed. The model above is constructed entirely of images I shot for a panorama of the lion panel. At the time I had not even heard of photogrammetry or even dreamed of building 3 dimensional models. From the January 5, 2015 NG Proof Blog At our core, people are visual communicators. Nothing has ever confirmed my faith in that like seeing the ancient art in the cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc in Ardèche, France. (more…)