France

by Stephen Alvarez|June 23, 2023June 23, 2023|age, cave art, Europe, France, petroglyph

Claims that other species besides Homo Sapiens made art or used "symbolic behavior" have been met with skepticism. But evidence that Neanderthals did produce symbols keeps growing. In a paper published this week in the Journal PLOS One,

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

Upper Paleolithic Proto Writing

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

Dating Rock Art, How Old Is It?

by Joshua Alvarez|January 14, 2022February 8, 2022|36000 BP, age, Altamira, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, How Old Is It?, pictograph, Rock Art, Spain

paintings in El Castillo in Spain are more than 40,000 years old, much older than previously suspected

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

Limited Edition Chauvet Portfolio to support the Ancient Art Archive

by Stephen Alvarez|September 2, 2017May 6, 2024|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art

I have selected 12 images from Chauvet Pont d'Arc Cave for a portfolio of prints to help support the Ancient Art Archive. Each image is limited to 12 prints each. Once they are sold there will be no more. The images are approximately 21" x 33" on 2 x 4-foot paper. Go here to see all the images and purchase. I'll be showing six of these prints in Oxford next month as part of a lecture at the Saïd Oxford Business School on September 13. The talk is free but registration is required. Go here for details. -Stephen Alvarez

Chauvet Cave Photographing the Lion Panel

by Stephen Alvarez|January 5, 2016January 13, 2024|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art

Shooting the Lion Panel of Chauvet changed my life.