The Cave of Lascaux

When taking the virtual tour of the Cave of Lascaux, I was incredibly impressed with the advanced art depicted throughout the cave walls. These beings were less intelligent, thinking more about survival rather than with reason but still created beautiful works for art with the supplies they could find. The cave drawings were very advanced for these early humans; they created three dimensional masterpieces with multiple colors and mastered the use of shading. They made an assortment of colors ranging from dark brown to yellow further increasing their art to become more lifelike and original. The art work was preserved extremely well with minimal damage to the painting showing the quality of the supplies the artists used. The artwork was precise creating a sense of the animals running of the walls. The artists painted certain animals and etched the stone for others. This gave a great variety to the different chambers in the cave.
In the Cave of Lascaux, many different chambers were discovered each having their own theme. One hall was dedicated to the great bulls that roamed the land while a short passage was solely created with man in mind. Animals are honored in these drawing with elaborate techniques and greatest detail. Some animals depicted in the caves were bison, bulls and horses. This shows the vast difference of animals that roamed the land at the time this art was created. These fantastic forms were painted or etched from the ceiling all the way down the walls to the floors showing the vast amount of time put into the art work. The artists were not experts in communicating which is a possible explanation for all the artwork in the caves. Noises was the common way of communication; this artwork would have furthered the communication process between these early humans.
In conclusion, these fantastic work of art showed the advancement in human development. This art was extremely advanced for its time demonstrating the coping skills of early humans for their lack of communication.