Men of the old stone age : their environment, life and art (1916)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, Scribner · leaf 360
e sculpture itself. It is curious to note how many analogies there are between the flint utensils of the primitive sculptor and those of the sculptors of our own day. First, we find tools designed to remove the rock, there are points, pickaxes, chopping tools for shaping the rock, saws, and coarse… … Fig. 166. Bas-relief of a spearthrower or hunter, sculptured onthe face of a boulder within theshelter of Laussel. After Lalanne.About one-sixth actual size. 830 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE —plain, double, fine, coarse, and combinations of the burin andgrattoir. Some of the burins show the…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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