Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 460
nt); an ochreous brown 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,… … <u m .S < £% < 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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