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

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

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

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Vocabulary Definitions

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

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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.

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

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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?
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Cave of Lascaux

• 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.

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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.