Oh my gosh, these cave paintings are so awfly good. There is, thus, an AMAZING amount of detail on a LOT of them. Well least, it all did pretty much look good. I think that some of my FAVORITE are the work of detail on faces of that cave-bear two of the horses. I also like the buffalo. And some of the others.
that drawing of the hand is very powerful in my opinion, it represents someone so long ago that had struggles, happiness, goals, life. To them it might of not even been a big deal, just slap his hand against the wall, but here we are some 30 thousand years later looking back at what we once were and came from and so much has changed.
They seem to be done with so much ease and conviction and calmness. No rushing, no nervousness, no neuroticism. Just drawing what's on their mind, what they're hunting, what they need to survive in a life and death battle. These guys are cool. Bringing down one of those big animals with sharp sticks is no easy feat. Kill or die. Today's kids get upset if the internet connection is slow or the pizza is cold or they weren't invited to the party... oh, no... Try drawing a bull or a horse and see how well you do... They are very talented... A simple, natural life in small groups... No bank account, no hustling for money, no supermarket selling crap... No trying to convince people to buy your crappy product... No taxes... No interest on loans... No bankers skimming the cream for themselves... "And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." - Joni Mitchell
Tremendously beautiful. Fantastic resource for sharing cave paintings with students as an introduction to an art lesson on the art of early man. Thank you!
I am so glad that you enjoyed the video. I tried to imagine going through the cave so many thousands of years ago and what a spiritual experience it must have been. The paintings still speak to us!
Thanks for crediting Robert Tree Cody. Because of this video, I looked him up on Google and became a fan. The music in this video is very tranquil and relaxing.
It is my understanding that the pigment has been dated and some of the images are under calcite formations that take thousands of years to form. Like you, I was amazed at the shading and use of perspective in these images. This point of view is something we" rediscovered" in renaissance. The cave paintings are not a modern imitation. It is beautiful evidence of the many different ways we have expressed being our world.
There were lions, wildebeest, elephants and every other animal now found on the African savanna throughout Europe, including the British Isles. The North Sea was once a land bridge and lion's teeth, elephant's tusks, etc. are still being dredged to this day. The question you should be asking is are the paintings real? Well, they're actually covered in a thin layer of minerals which take 1000s of years to build up, so yes they are very real. I watched Cave of Forgotten Dreams today. It's amazing!
The creators of the Chauvet cave art were modern humans just like us, with a sense of aesthetics and artistic skills even more refined than many of our contemporary artists.
It must be pretty awesome to look at a bear 20-30 000 years ago. You know, no gun and all, only rocky spears I suppose. They really are beautiful. As good as any.
America's idea of evolution portrays horses in this era as being different than these pictures. I honestly think we don't know. These awesome painting are not only impressive (especially with 3-D effects), but they also tell a story more believable than what I have read.
The stealth of a cat, the horns of bulls, the pride of horses and the hands of man. Was this a place to pray, pay homage, study hunting? Was it just an occasional artist messing around?
I know it seems fantastic but the evidence is there. If you will search "Rhinoceros" on the Wikipedia site (toward the end of the article) there is a statement that rhinos inhabited Europe as recently as 10,000 years ago. This is in the fossil record. The hyena is even more wide spread and older. Our planet was very different 30,000 years ago
let see: it uses primitive instruments it resembles ancient times it makes us think of early humans by the way the title of this video is not "Prehistoric France" it is "dawn of art" so maybe just go get some interpretation classes ?
Haha! No, these paintings are over 30,000 years old. There are no paintings of tigers in the cave at all! There are lots of pictures of lions though. ;-)
Dear terreemc, I am Joanna Lisowska and I am a student of the graphic design in Poland. My master thesis includes different kinds of films which I want to show on exhibition at the University of Jan Kochanowski it will be free of charge, for the general public. I would love to have this video could be displayed in the exhibition as a part of my didactic work. I will surely indicate the source of video clip and follow your Copyright rule. I truly hope to hear the good news from you, thank you.
Dear Joanna, I would be honored to have you include this video in your exhibition. Feel free to use it. I designed this video to share this beautiful ancient art.
Jan. 5, 2015, National Geographic, Shooting Chauvet: "The paintings at Chauvet are 20,000 years older" than those at Altamira. Chauvet's are the oldest we've yet found.
A tiger in Africa!? Lol! No, there have never been wild tigers in Europe, nor will you find a wild tiger in Africa. It's a common misconception, perhaps simply because they're so exotic. However, anyone that's seen Monty Python knows the truth! (Tigers are from Asia.) ;)
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Wow! All of these animals were in France? None of them are there today. I wonder if they were all killed off by humans. Maybe this is a message to all of us. It is strange that the paintings show animals that no longer live in France along with human hand prints all over the place. As if the human touch is what snuffed out the animals. Disturbing.
That is just a way to look, while people were there a long time. Perhaps simply painting. Hunter gatherers do not usually wipe out their species. That could be well later.
You are right that humans played a roll in the extinction of many large mammals, but the climate was also a lot different, and able to support large herds in this region--->not that humans are the likely culprits there as well. When you say that none of them are there today, you may be mistaken. There are still bears in the French Pyrenees Mountains, though the population is small.
Only red deers, brown bears (not cave bears like on the video?), wild goats and eurasian eagle owls, are still in France today. But hey, this happened in many different parts of the globe.
Sure, just because you were told the possibility of them not existing is possible, are you going to rely on theory or possibilities when the paintings are right there?
These images are dated at 10 - 30k years. If you're going off of modern evolution theory, most species wouldn't have changed much if at all in such a short span of time.
What is odd is that these pictures portray another's individual perspective on images in that era. Think about America's story of evolution and how horses supposedly evolved over the years. America shows pictures of horses or the cycle of evolution over many years. However, what seems conflicting about America's evolution cycle is that these horses, even animals, look the same as modern horses.
The best I have ever seen! THANK YOU..
Awesome ❤
Oh my gosh, these cave paintings are so awfly good. There is, thus, an AMAZING amount of detail on a LOT of them. Well least, it all did pretty much look good. I think that some of my FAVORITE are the work of detail on faces of that cave-bear two of the horses. I also like the buffalo. And some of the others.
Beautifully done presentation with marvelous drum and flute accompaniment.
that drawing of the hand is very powerful in my opinion, it represents someone so long ago that had struggles, happiness, goals, life. To them it might of not even been a big deal, just slap his hand against the wall, but here we are some 30 thousand years later looking back at what we once were and came from and so much has changed.
/hug that’s the same feeling when I was in museum, deeply moving to tears
@Hubert Jasieniecki indeed.
Here we are... GREETINGS !
... Sending You, a message of peace and unity,
to our brothers in the distant future !"
They seem to be done with so much ease and conviction and calmness. No rushing, no nervousness, no neuroticism. Just drawing what's on their mind, what they're hunting, what they need to survive in a life and death battle. These guys are cool. Bringing down one of those big animals with sharp sticks is no easy feat. Kill or die. Today's kids get upset if the internet connection is slow or the pizza is cold or they weren't invited to the party... oh, no... Try drawing a bull or a horse and see how well you do... They are very talented... A simple, natural life in small groups... No bank account, no hustling for money, no supermarket selling crap... No trying to convince people to buy your crappy product... No taxes... No interest on loans... No bankers skimming the cream for themselves... "And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." - Joni Mitchell
Tremendously beautiful. Fantastic resource for sharing cave paintings with students as an introduction to an art lesson on the art of early man. Thank you!
Nice! Excellent choice of music, too!
I saw the Movie Yesterday....one of the most moving movies I've ever seen.....I felt a connection with this ancient Hunter......Fantastic!
So Beautiful!
remarkable ! ...
These look better than my sorry excuse for art. :P
And the paintings are VERY interesting
I am so glad that you enjoyed the video. I tried to imagine going through the cave so many thousands of years ago and what a spiritual experience it must have been. The paintings still speak to us!
don't forget: with torch light they look tridimensional, living, imagine at the time.
What an artist !!
Cool thanks. I dig history . cheers
it is interesting to get a glimpse of what our ancestors found vital that they had to draw it.
So cool love the music to!
Thanks. Glad you like it.
Thanks for crediting Robert Tree Cody. Because of this video, I looked him up on Google and became a fan. The music in this video is very tranquil and relaxing.
It is my understanding that the pigment has been dated and some of the images are under calcite formations that take thousands of years to form. Like you, I was amazed at the shading and use of perspective in these images. This point of view is something we" rediscovered" in renaissance. The cave paintings are not a modern imitation. It is beautiful evidence of the many different ways we have expressed being our world.
nice slideshow, some very intriguing art!
these pic in the cave are soooo cool and its sound so fun to go in there but i will never get the chance
Great music choice!
What's it called?
maravilloso, qué música para tanto arte e historia
There were lions, wildebeest, elephants and every other animal now found on the African savanna throughout Europe, including the British Isles. The North Sea was once a land bridge and lion's teeth, elephant's tusks, etc. are still being dredged to this day.
The question you should be asking is are the paintings real? Well, they're actually covered in a thin layer of minerals which take 1000s of years to build up, so yes they are very real. I watched Cave of Forgotten Dreams today. It's amazing!
am in the 6th grade and I just learned about it and this is my homework for a social studies project :) 😃😃😀😘😘😚
Melossa Johnson, I'm in 6th grade, too, and I have to watch this video for homework. ;P
Tori Chase Hi Tori ;)
Cody Nguyen, ......I will pretend I don't know you.
This shouldn't be weird, but it is.
I also had to do this for homework.
Hi, Gravy.
"Grotte chauvet" .. :
The oldest cartoon all time... ¡¿
First sixteen chapelle...!?
-30.000 B.C.
The " real" human history......👌
😍🙏 👏
No szczerze musiałam to obejrzeć, ale było warto. Pozdrawiam panią od Techniki hahaha
I’m so grateful for history
The creators of the Chauvet cave art were modern humans just like us, with a sense of aesthetics and artistic skills even more refined than many of our contemporary artists.
Hd no idea, you made my Sunday..:)
Sehr gut!
All this art had to be done from memory. There were no visual aids. It was done with the most primitive lighting. Incredible/
Amazing European culture thousands of years ago. 👀👏👌🏻
This is not European it's African.
PS, beautiful music, very fitting, what is it?
Very nice. I did the simple metaphysic art translation for Chauvet.
It seems even early Europeans had a flare for detail, and finesse.
This is a lovely video and I would like to show it to my archaeology club. How do I get permission, is needed, to do this?
this art its better than todays modern art and this was 30000 years ago i wonder Why
It must be pretty awesome to look at a bear 20-30 000 years ago. You know, no gun and all, only rocky spears I suppose.
They really are beautiful. As good as any.
America's idea of evolution portrays horses in this era as being different than these pictures. I honestly think we don't know. These awesome painting are not only impressive (especially with 3-D effects), but they also tell a story more believable than what I have read.
What kind of music is this?
The music is from contemporary North American Indian Sioux
Is there sound to this?
The stealth of a cat, the horns of bulls, the pride of horses and the hands of man. Was this a place to pray, pay homage, study hunting? Was it just an occasional artist messing around?
The place was teeming with wild life. :)
I know it seems fantastic but the evidence is there. If you will search "Rhinoceros" on the Wikipedia site (toward the end of the article) there is a statement that rhinos inhabited Europe as recently as 10,000 years ago. This is in the fossil record.
The hyena is even more wide spread and older. Our planet was very different 30,000 years ago
Yes there is sound. It starts about 25 seconds into the video.
nice!
More on cave art at th-cam.com/video/JqFkS2qYPNE/w-d-xo.html #beforeorion
Imagine this/ these person in a school of art… teaching with a bear fur coat.
The sound begins at about the 24 second mark.
nice ... THAT was the television, at those times
Yes, and lions also.
It makes me wonder... how much the world has changed?
Rhinos and Hyenas in France about 30000 years ago ... is it realistic ?
why did we draw these anyway, were they like "Yo Dave I totally saw a buffalo today" "No way man" "Ya way, here i'll draw one for you"
I believe Archaeologists found another cave with images just as intense and realistic. Just search the web and enjoy.
The music sounds like Navaho Indian USA flute music. I love it, but how does this relate to prehistoric France?
let see:
it uses primitive instruments
it resembles ancient times
it makes us think of early humans
by the way the title of this video is not "Prehistoric France" it is "dawn of art" so maybe just go get some interpretation classes ?
Haha! No, these paintings are over 30,000 years old. There are no paintings of tigers in the cave at all! There are lots of pictures of lions though. ;-)
Dear terreemc,
I am Joanna Lisowska and I am a student of the graphic design in Poland. My master thesis includes different kinds of films which I want to show on exhibition at the University of Jan Kochanowski it will be free of charge, for the general public. I would love to have this video could be displayed in the exhibition as a part of my didactic work. I will surely indicate the source of video clip and follow your Copyright rule.
I truly hope to hear the good news from you, thank you.
Dear Joanna, I would be honored to have you include this video in your exhibition. Feel free to use it. I designed this video to share this beautiful ancient art.
New dates publised in the last Science Magazine.
Altamira: 41.800 years.
The oldest.
Jan. 5, 2015, National Geographic, Shooting Chauvet: "The paintings at Chauvet are 20,000 years older" than those at Altamira. Chauvet's are the oldest we've yet found.
what would you hear? the cave art talking to each other? its just music...
Found the answer: music from Sioux Indians of North America.
never surpassed
A tiger in Africa!? Lol!
No, there have never been wild tigers in Europe, nor will you find a wild tiger in Africa. It's a common misconception, perhaps simply because they're so exotic. However, anyone that's seen Monty Python knows the truth! (Tigers are from Asia.) ;)
Wow!!!!!!!!A la recherche des Temps recuperes..Say A categorical NO to" Keine Erinnnerungen Andie Vergangenheit".Stop destroying and then almost revere the ashes of destruction.Begin to respect and keep respecting.Human is one in its multiples.Show some Respect and Empathy.You leaders of different parts of the Globe.And you dare glorify discrimination and claim your uniqueness.Uniqueness illuminates in Differences.The Earth is not your Property.Respect the Words of Constitution.We are all mortals.....
its not about the music u guys, wake up.
Some of these look like they're painted on canvas. : /
i'm getting a weird vibe
noob
@xxxPassiexxx when you supress dreams and culture you supress artindividualism
The oldest cave art in Europe has been dated to before modern man. Meaning....Neanderthals started it. We may just have copied the behavior from them.
Wow! All of these animals were in France? None of them are there today. I wonder if they were all killed off by humans. Maybe this is a message to all of us. It is strange that the paintings show animals that no longer live in France along with human hand prints all over the place. As if the human touch is what snuffed out the animals. Disturbing.
That is just a way to look, while people were there a long time. Perhaps simply painting. Hunter gatherers do not usually wipe out their species. That could be well later.
Forest Dweller woolly mammoths, a type of armadillo, and quite a few other species were hunted to extinction by prehistoric hunters in the Americas.
You are right that humans played a roll in the extinction of many large mammals, but the climate was also a lot different, and able to support large herds in this region--->not that humans are the likely culprits there as well. When you say that none of them are there today, you may be mistaken. There are still bears in the French Pyrenees Mountains, though the population is small.
Only red deers, brown bears (not cave bears like on the video?), wild goats and eurasian eagle owls, are still in France today. But hey, this happened in many different parts of the globe.
Sure, just because you were told the possibility of them not existing is possible, are you going to rely on theory or possibilities when the paintings are right there?
These images are dated at 10 - 30k years. If you're going off of modern evolution theory, most species wouldn't have changed much if at all in such a short span of time.
Did you miss your medication again? ..Nurse! :-P
What is odd is that these pictures portray another's individual perspective on images in that era. Think about America's story of evolution and how horses supposedly evolved over the years. America shows pictures of horses or the cycle of evolution over many years. However, what seems conflicting about America's evolution cycle is that these horses, even animals, look the same as modern horses.
whatdoesaholelikeyouknow???nothing
bad lighting
they had more sense for art,for to be able to see nature,then 99,9% off the now living ,,modern,,humans,and how to we call them?