Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 456
ent); an ochreous brown color is mixed in, conform-ing well with what we know to be the tints of the hairy portionsof the bison. Thus gradually a complete polychrome fresco artdevelops. The final stage of this art foUows, in which the fillingout of various tones of color requires the use of black,… … So tti m ^ C3 g «=! <u i! eq -Q <u to ■J-> _C < 0 ^ -6 <u di c m a ^ ai O kT S IH 1-1 a o 3 (J < o , en o^ 60 rt c^ O a, POLYCHROME PAINTING 415 The early stages of this art are seen in the cavern of Marsoulas,and its height is reached in the mural frescos of Font-de-Gaumeand in…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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