Cave Painting or Rock Art What am I going to explain today?

When do you think these painting were done?

Levante Caves

Why did they paint their walls?

Where can we find these caves in Spain?

What is the most famous Spanish Rock art Cave?

What did they paint?

Reindeer Painting in Altamira

How did they paint the pictures?

Where did the Bison go?

what do the symbols mean?

How did they manage to paint in such a small space?Sitting Bison – Altamira Cave (Cantabria - España)

How did these paintings survive the years?

This is a map of The Lascaux Caves(France)

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/Wilkipedia Rock Art

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Who found the cave?

Inside the Lascaux caves.( 15,000-13,000 A.C,)

The Hunters(Dos Aguas - Valencia - Spain

Hunting Scene

Valencia

The Moors RockValencia

Comparing Rock art

Franco-Cantabric Area Levante Area

• Time: 25.000 - 15.000 años B:C(Paleolítico Superior)

• Found Inside the caves

• Theme :Animals and geometric figures

• Technique: Animal fat and• natural pigments• Formal aspects: Colourful and• realistic

• Interpretation: Possible magic •sybolism

• Time: 6.000 - 1.500 B:C. (Mesolítico y Neolítico).

• Found: In the cave entrance on the ceiling.

• Theme: Daily life in the tribe

• Técnica: The same.

•Formal aspects: Monochrome Interpretation: Story telling

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