1. { Cave Art Auction

2. Do Now: Which of the six culture patterns are unique to humans?

4.  Caves were painted in Africa, Asia, Spain, France.  Made from 40,000 BCE to 11,000 BCE  Different locations, different time periods…but the same subject matter and similar “look”  How can we explain this?

6.  Mostly animals! Scenes of hunting, of movement  Little human representation  No landscape scenes  What does this mean about what was important to this society? Similarities in Subject Matter

7.  Similarities in the way these paintings looked  Animals all seem to have rounded bellies  Legs were thin  Outlined in Black  Use of the natural cave colors Artistic Tradition?

8.  Cave painting was a way to represent the world around themand to give order and meaning to their world  That’s what we use culture for today!  Modern examples?  Cave painting seems to be a tradition  Similar subject matter over a span of 30,000 years  there were long-lasting value and belief systems  Painting styles appear similar in all of these caves  common beliefs  Evidence of Spirituality?  The Shaft Scene/ religious beliefs?  The Unicorn/ common myths  Handprint/ritual theory  Worshipping animals? Evidence of a Common Culture!

9.  Finding Cave Art helped anthropologists, archeologists realize that these Ancient Humans were as intellectually sophisticated as we are!  This is the first evidence of humans that not only look like modern humans, but ACT like modern humans as well Cave Art as a Turning Point

10.  After visiting the Caves at Lascoux in 1940, Pablo Picasso famously said, “We have invented nothing new”…What did he mean by this quote?

11.  Charcoal Drawing on Rock  Length of one animal: 100 cm  Chauvet Caves, France  35,000-22,000 years ago Lot 1 “Fighting Rhinoceroses and Four Horses’ Heads

12.  Painting on Rock  Length: 400 cm  Pech-Merle Caves, France  28,000-22,000 years ago Lot 2: Panel of Black Dappled Horses

13.  Painting on Rock  Length of leftmost animal: 235 cm  Lascaux Caves, France  22,000-17,000 years ago Lot 3: Hall of the Bulls

14.  Painting on Rock  Length of rightmost animal: 65 cm  Axial Callery  Lascaux Caves, France  22,000-17,000 years ago Lot 4: Frieze of the Small Horses

15.  Painting on Rock  Length of animal: 103 cm  Lascaux Caves, France  22,000-17,000 years ago  Lot 5: The Shaft Scene

16. Lot 6: Three Auks Drawing on rock length of each animal: 26 cm Chamber 2 Cosquer Cave, Marseille, France 20,000-17,000 years ago

17.  Drawing on Rock  Length: 52 cm  Panel IV  Niaux Cave, France  17,000-14,000 years ago Lot 7: The Beautiful Ibex and Small Horse under the Ibex Drawing on Rock Length: 147 cm Panel IV Niaux Caves, France 17,000-14,000 years ago

18. Lot 8: The Unicorn