Men of the old stone age : their environment, life and art (1915)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 360
h the sculpture itself. It is curious to note how many analogies thereare between the flint utensils of the primitive sculptor and thoseof the sculptors of our own day. First, we find tools designedto remove the rock, there are points, pickaxes, chopping toolsfor 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. 330 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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