When you consider that linear perspective was only realized in the 1400s, this is incredibly impressive
And this is the peak of sculpture (from the Tuc d'Audoubert cave in France, carved more than 14000 years ago).
Honestly it looks really good considering the wear and tear of 14000 years
I know, right ? I can't even begin to imagine the living conditions of the sculptor - and him doing it purely for art, in the lights of torches underground, perhaps for his tribe. And what he'd feel if he knew all the effort he did were witnessed by fellow humans more than 14 thousands years after.
eight miles of painted rock face
Prehistoric canvas dot io
giant sloths, armadillos the size of a car, and humans bungee jumping.
So cool. Life back then was such an adventure.
Anyone got a link to a repository of cave art? Or some high res scans or something?
Is this from Lascaux or that new one they found in Indonesia?