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The hall of bulls.The hall of bulls. The images in the Hall of the Bulls are amongst the most striking in all of Palaeolithic art: 130 figures, including 36 representations of animals and some 50 geometric signs. This extensive frieze is composed of three animal themes – horses cattle and deer which recur consistently in the various parts of the cave. Exceptionally, a bear is also depicted.
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the unicorn is the first animal in the cave and appears to be pushing all the animals on this wall towards the back of the gallery.
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The axial galleryThe axial gallery Figures appear on both sides of this 30-metre-long gallery. On the right are three panels, the Panel of the Chinese Horses, the Panel of the Falling Cow and the Red Panel, featuring two horses and a bison. To the left is the Panel of the Red Cows, the Panel of the Great Black Bull, the Panel of the Hemione and, to the rear, the Upside-Down Horse.
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THE PASSAGEWAYTHE PASSAGEWAY This brown and black painted horse has also been engraved, in particular to emphasi se the outline of the head and to highlight the mane through a series of fine parallel incisions. The figure is surrounded by small white calcite effloresce nces, which partially cover it.
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THE NAVETHE NAVE This picture depicts 5 swimming stags.
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THW CHAMOBER OF THE FELIONS Felines are not often depicted in Palaeolithic parietal art, with the exception of the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave, and they are often assigned a specific place within a sanctuary. The felines in Lascaux are no exception to this.There are six in all, and they appear on both sites of the entrance to the passageway, in a strictly symmetrical composition. face the On each wall, two felines back of the gallery and a third faces the entrance.
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THE APSETHE APSE The narrowed entryway to the flanked by two Apse is outcroppings of the wall. The one on the left, which is more pronounced, is covered with a number of figures. At eye level, we can make out the well-defined outline of a horse. In fact, the figure is somewhat more complicated – closer observation reveals that this silhouette merges with another depiction of a horse, identified by a second head and neck, and a third rear limb.
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THE SHAFTTHE SHAFT This picture shows a wounded man.
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Sources. http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/
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