An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)
Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 126
nd Breuil. The drawings begin muchnearer the entrance than in the caves already described.Engravings appear about 5 yards from the entrance andpaintings 11 yards farther in. The paintings extendup to a distance of 50 yards. Some of them are of con-siderable size, e.g. one bison measures nearly 6… … however much more numerous, amounting to something likea hundred, chiefly of the bison. Also several exceedinglycrude outline engravings of the human face (Fig. 116).These well illustrate the extraordinary difference in the ca-pacity of the Palaeolithic artist for drawing animals and men.The two…
Art, Primitive
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