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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 471

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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… … Fig. 229. The royal stag (Cervus elaphus) engraved on the ceiling of the cavern of 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…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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