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Qui vivait dans la grotte de Lascaux?
Comment vivent les « peintres » de Lascaux? Les hommes qui ont peint la grotte de Lascaux il y a 20.000 ans, « lors du dernier maximum glaciaire » précise Jean-Pierre Chadelle, archéologue au conseil départemental de la Dordogne et chercheur à l’université de Bordeaux, étaient des chasseurs-cueilleurs.
Où se trouve la vraie grotte Chauvet?
L’original : la grotte Chauvet – Pont d’Arc Il y a 36 000, des hommes et des femmes créaient sur les parois de calcaire de la grotte Chauvet – Pont-d’Arc, située dans le sud de l’Ardèche, des œuvres uniques et bouleversantes figées pour l’éternité dans leur écrin de calcite et d’argile.
What materials were used in the Lascaux cave paintings?
The materials used in the cave paintings were natural pigments, created by mixing ground up natural elements such as dirt, red ochre, and animal blood, with animal fat, and saliva. They applied the paint using a hand-made brush from a twig, and blow pipes, made from bird bones, to spray paint onto the cave wall.
Who discovered the Lascaux caves?
Map of Lascaux cave. The Lascaux caves were discovered by chance on September 12, 1940 by seventeen year-old Marcel Ravidat, accompanied by three of his friends: Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas.
Who created the Lascaux cave paintings?
The Lascaux cave paintings were added to the list of World Heritage Sites created by UNESCO . The paintings were found in the year 1940 on September 12 by 4 teenagers named Simon Coencas, Marcel Ravidat, Georges Agnel and Jacques Marsal.
Who painted the Lascaux cave?
Marcel Ravidat, who in 1940 discovered the Lascaux cave paintings whose brilliantly colored renderings of prehistoric animals had been sealed from view for 17,000 years, died on Wednesday at his home in the village Montignac in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. He was 72.