Cave of Lascaux c 15 000 B C

Cave of Lascaux c. 15, 000 B. C.

Today’s Lesson • Learning about the ancient art of cave painting. • Creating a Petroglyph Painting that includes an animal.

Vocabulary Definitions • Symbol ▫ A design or picture that stands for a thing or an idea. • Shape ▫ Lines create shapes like circles and squares

Cave of Lascaux • Pronounced: “la-sko” • The Cave of Lascaux was discovered in 1940 by four teenagers while exploring around an old manor house looking for an underground passageway. • It consists of connecting caves with many paintings and carvings.

Cave of Lascaux What do you think the surface of the wall feels like?

Cave of Lascaux • The earliest pictures may be more than 30, 000 years old, and the latest are about 9, 500 year old ▫ Around the time of the Ice Age ▫ Humans lived by hunting great herds of animals

Cave of Lascaux It appears that the pictures may have been sketched with charcoal first. Here is “Yellow Horse” What other colors do you see?

• Some artists created pictures by cutting their pictures on the walls with a sharp flint • Some pictures are have been carved away to make sculptures that stand out. Cave of Lascaux

What We Will Be Doing • • • Tear edges of your paper bag and crumple it up! Write your name on the back. Draw an animal with black paint. Use chalk to color in your animal. Make a design or handprint for the background.