Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. [from old catalog] · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 467
falls well within the body lines of the bison (Fig. 224). In eachof these mammoths the grotesque but truthful contour is pre-served in the drapery of hair which almost completely envelopsthe limbs; the emphasizing of the sudden depression of thedorsal line behind the head is everywhere the same and… … FlG. 225. Entrance to the cavern of Altamira, showing the proximity of the roof ofthe cavern to the present surface of the earth. Photograph by N. C. Nelson. row tubular openings barely admitting the body, and we areagain overcome with the mystery as to what impulse carried thisart into the dark,…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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