Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 469
der him as if to expel theair. One striking feature in all these paintings is the vivid rep- 426 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE resentation of the eye, which in every case is given a fierce anddefiant character, so distinctive of the bison bull when enraged.We also observe a wild boar in a running… … FlG. 229. The royal stag {Cervus elaphus) engraved on the ceiling of the cavernof Altamira. About twenty-six inches in length. After Breuil.One-eighth actual size. graving of the royal stag (Fig. 229), which is altogether the finestrepresentation of this animal which has thus far been discoveredin…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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