Parietal Art and Lascaux: the Sixtine chapel of prehistoric Art

With Altamira (Spain), the parietal paintings from french cave of Lascaux, are probably the best and most important prehistoric art masterpieces. That´s why this site was called, when found, the "Sixtine chapel of Prehistoric Art".  If you are interested in knowing how did the palaeolithics paint their caves, and  what techniques and materials did they use, perhaps you should wacht these documentaries!. Here you will only watch two of the six - parts video, so if you want to watch them all, please press this link Lascaux. The Prehistory of Art

The cave lighting


Materials and techniques


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