#chauvet

[samarajethwa]

Inspired by that gorgeous Chauvet bear cave painting and also Djungelskog

[palaeosinensis]

I was trying this morning to distill what makes paleolithic European cave art...well cave art! And then apply it to an animal not seen in Europe. The technique was more important here than the results; I think the big bodies & smaller heads yet otherwise accurate features are a result of the artists having a sort of tunnel vision while working. As one drifts part to part lifting up the implement as little as possible the parts appear in proportion to their immediate neighbor. They are also distilled to their most important details & for the body that's a wide rectangular space. If you picture yourself working on a heavily textured wall as tall or taller than you are with the equivalent of a tea light (oil lamps) or a flickering torch you can imagine how easy it would be to get that kind of focused tunnel vision. While we see tunnel vision as a bad thing while learning art today in terms of cave art I just sort of see it as a natural consequence. You're going to focus really hard on what needs it; there are no erasers. Additional paint can't be bought at the store. Stone walls have limited access. You're going to make the best of every resource while you're there. Besides who said the animal had to be proportional anyway? You know exactly what you're looking at! Artist commentary: it was challenging deciding what was most important but also representing that important thing as accurately as possible. I feel like that's a common thread in all cave art from peoples across the world: draw what's most important. The rest will work out.

[artofmaquenda]

The Chauvet cave art of a cave hyena

And my pin, with a personal touch to it 👀

https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1171672415

[francepittoresque]

EXPOSITION | Grotte Chauvet, l'aventure scientifique ➽ https://tinyurl.com/Exposition-Grotte-Chauvet Chef d’œuvre et témoignage unique de notre passé, la Grotte Chauvet n’est visitable que par les scientifiques qui y travaillent depuis sa découverte, en 1994, dans un état de préservation remarquable. Qui n’a pas rêvé d’endosser une tenue de scientifique et de suivre les pas de ces femmes et hommes explorant cette grotte depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans ? C’est à cette expérience unique qu’invite l’exposition proposée par la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie

[philoursmars]

Louvre-Lens : il y a une expo : “Mondes souterrains : 20.000 Lieux sous la terre”. la suite et fin.

panneau en noyer, Cupidon - Fontainebleau, XVIe s.

John Melhuish Strudwick: "Le Fil d'Or" - 1875

Justine Emard : "Hyperphantasia, des Origines de l'Image"- 2022 (avec structures en verre et images de la Grotte Chauvet, étonnamment déformées et animées)

voir 2

voir 3

voir 2 et 4

figurine de fondation - Girsu, 2120 av. J-C.

[conformi]

@maisonvalentino​ #ValentinoVintage Valentino, Haute Couture Spring Summer 1992  VS Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France, 32,000–30,000 BP

[krautjunker]

Der Bison in der Höhle

von Florian Asche Eigentlich sollte diese Reihe mit Artemis beginnen, mit der Göttin der Jagd, der Natur und der wilden Tiere (hier ist dieses Essay). Mit so einer Figur ist man ja automatisch im sicheren Hafen, besonders, wenn eine Frau an der Spitze der Redaktion steht. Da kann der Schreiberling ein paar geschickte Parallelelen einflechten – zum guten Aussehen oder zur Treffsicherheit – und…

[sunlilys]

chauvet cave paintings, c. 30,000 years ago.

[whereishermes]

Ancient Cave Art | Chauvet, France

The cave of Chauvet in the Ardéche Valley of France contains the earliest known art made by humans—depictions of bears, panthers, horses, and more, made 30,000 years ago. Examining this art closely gives us much information about the humans who created it—what their lives, beliefs, and environment must have been like. Because these cave paintings represent some of the earliest human artistic…

[judas-isariot]

I read that some of you wanted this has a tatoo so I redo it only if digital line work.

[samarajethwa]

Happy Mother's Day

[n-i-j-o-m-u]

Before Comics: We've Been Telling Stories with Pictures for a Long Time

In terms of human culture, comics as an art form is relatively new. “The Yellow Kid” started in 1895 and Rodolphe Töpffer first published his work in 1833. So, about 200 years. Yet if we broaden our scope and use the term sequential art, then the time frame opens up dramatically. We leave print behind and start to look at sculpture, weaving, and painting. And this is what I want to do with…

[arte1d]

LA GROTTA DI CHAUVET: La grotta di Chauvet si trova nel sud-ovest della Francia ed è la grotta preistorica più antica al mondo, infatti risale circa a 36 mila anni fa (32 / 36 mila). Detiene inoltre il record per superficie dipinta più estesa, si parla di 8500 metri quadrati pitturati con di figure di animali. Sono raffigurati per lo più predatori, ad esempio leoni e rinoceronti, tuttavia sono presenti anche animali come cervi e cavalli. Le scene raffigurate sono di caccia e inseguimenti, ed è ben rappresentata l'idea di movimento. Si pensa che, come la maggior parte delle opere del paleolitico avesse una funzione propiziatoria, non è però in alcun modo dimostrato.

[thecrankyprofessor]

2-d art has changed, but it hasn't necessarily improved, over 30,000 years.

Chauvet horse beautifully observed over 30,000 years ago created by lamplight from memory with fingers and rudimentary art kit on a limestone cavern wall deep underground

Horse taken with a digital camera on auto in the sunshine

More: https://thetravelbible.com/top-artifacts-from-the-stone-age/

[i12bent]

Johannes Holt Iversen (34 today) is a Danish artist, living in Amsterdam and exhibiting internationally. He works with installations, sculpture, painting and digital forms.

Above: Chauvet 1.3.10 Cyper-Citadel IV and Chauvet 1.3.11 Cyper-Citadel IV, 2023 - Oak/Birch wooden plate, Holographic PVC, Retroreflective Polyester, Transparent Vinyl, Shellac & Ink/Polymer Acrylic (Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus)

[philoursmars]

La semaine dernière, j'ai retrouvé mes amis Julien et Katie à Remoulins dans le Gard (Languedoc). On est allés à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche) visite la réplique de la fameuse Grotte Chauvet dont les peinture rupestres datent de l'aurignacien.

Après la grotte, une galerie où sont restitués les êtres vivants dans les steppes de la région, pendant l'Aurignacien : alternés, voici Homo sapiens, Megaloceros giganteus (le Mégacéros) et Ursus spelaeus (l'Ours des Cavernes)