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 478
SCULPTURE 433 most highly artistic creations in the modern sense. The famoushorse found in the late Magdalenian levels of Mas dAzil (Fig.235) and the small horses from the grotto of Espelugues, of themiddle Magdalenian, are full of movement and life and showsuch certainty and breadth of treatment… … Fig. 237. Head of a woman with head-dress sculptured in ivory, from the Magdalenianlevels of Brassempouy. After Piette. One and one-fifth actual size. expression; while all the details are noted, the treatment isvery broad, The continuation of animal sculpture in the round is seen inthe well-known…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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