Aurignacian

Chauvet Pont d’Arc the discovery of 36,000-year-old art

by ancientartarch|January 5, 2023January 5, 2023|Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Uncategorized

We know that ancient artists were exacting observers of the natural world. But it is mind bending that they may have had a written time keeping system 20,000 years ago.

Modern Ancient Art

by Genevive Zacconi|May 26, 2022May 26, 2022|age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Gravettian, Magdalenian, Painting, Paleolithic, Rock Art, Spain

Modern art concepts like cubism have their origins in the oldest artworks on the planet. Our brains are hard wired for abstraction.

Panel of the Four Horses, Chauvet in VR

by Stephen Alvarez|February 11, 2022January 13, 2024|age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art, Virtual Reality

The panel of the Four Horses in Chauvet Pont d'Arc cave is now online in VR

Chauvet Cave the discovery of 36,000-year-old art

by Gregory Crouch|March 14, 2021May 6, 2024|36000 BP, age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Paleolithic, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art

almost 30 years ago explorers forced their way into Chauvet cave in France, what they found astounded the world.

Grotte Pair-non-Pair, Aquitaine France

by Stephen Alvarez|October 1, 2018April 3, 2022|age, Aurignacian, cave art, France, Paleolithic, petroglyph, Rock Art

The paleolithic cave Pair-non-Pair was found when a farmer went looking for a lost cow who had fallen in a hole, the cave he discovered

Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing

by Stephen Alvarez|March 9, 2017March 29, 2022|36000 BP, age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Gravettian, news, Rock Art, Spain

Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing.