Men of the old stone age : their environment, life and art (1916)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, Scribner · leaf 448
n 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 follows, in which the fillingout of various tones of color requires the use of black, brown, red,and… … o .S < •e-I < o 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 the ceiling of Altamira, the latter still in a perfect andbrilliant state of preservation. To prepare the colors,…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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