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Chauvet Cave

By Carole Fritz

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Chauvet Cave

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Featured on UNESCO's World Heritage List, the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a masterpiece of prehistoric art. This book is a unique visual tour of the oldest adorned cave on the Eurasian continent, showcasing the earliest images created by humanity 38,000 years ago. Discovered in December 1994 and inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2014, the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a masterpiece of prehistoric art. Far more than just a decorated cave, it boasts an exceptional state of preservation, breathtaking underground landscapes, and drawings (depicting lions, cave bears, mammoths, horses, bison, and more) in red, black, and engraved forms of unparalleled magnificence, making it a treasure of humanity. This discovery has revolutionized perspectives on Paleolithic art research. The cave gradually reveals its secrets, with animal and human traces and footprints, and datings that push back the origins of these complex graphic representations and the rituals that accompanied them far into our past. This book offers a visual tour of the oldest adorned cave on the Eurasian continent, showcasing the earliest images created by humanity 38,000 years ago, by the species that now populates the planet: Homo sapiens.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2025-01-03
Publication Date:
2024-12-15
Publisher:
Citadelles & Mazenod
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
2386110230
ISBN13:
9782386110238
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
900 g
Height:
254 cm
Width:
277 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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