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Lascaux is in southwest France. In September 1940, four teenagers discovered the cave — actually a series of connecting chambers — containing ... VisitthenewDWwebsite Takealookatthebetaversionofdw.com.We'renotdoneyet!Youropinioncanhelpusmakeitbetter. Gotothenewdw.com Weusecookiestoimproveourserviceforyou.Youcanfindmoreinformationinourdataprotectiondeclaration. 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Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer DieBienenretter GermanXXL GermanXXL DeutschAktuell DeutschimFokus Telenovela Bandtagebuch Landeskunde CommunityD CommunityD DasPorträt Podcasts&Newsletter Service TeachingGerman TeachingGerman DWimUnterricht Unterrichtsreihen Deutschlehrer-Info LiveTV Allmediacontent LatestPrograms Podcasts MediaCenter / Allmediacontent Culture LascauxcavepaintingsinFrancewerediscovered80yearsago ThecavedrawingsofanimalsarethoughttodatebacktotheStoneAge.Discoveredbyaccident,theancientartworkhasbeenreplicatedtwiceinordertoprotecttheoriginalsfromdeteriorating. Lascauxcavediscoveredin1940 LascauxisinsouthwestFrance.InSeptember1940,fourteenagersdiscoveredthecave—actuallyaseriesofconnectingchambers—containingancientUpperPaleolithicart.Toprotectthedrawings,thecavewasclosedtovisitorsin1963.In1983,apartialcopyofthecavewasopened.However,itwaslocatedtooclosetotheoriginal,soanew,completecopywasbuiltfurtherfromtherealcave. Strikinglyrealistic Thisredcowisamongthe1,963drawingsdatingback20,000yearsthatwerefoundintheLascauxcave.Thepigmenthasfadedoverthemillennia.Accordingtoexperts,theoriginalandcopyareindistinguishablefromeachother. TheChinesehorse Thecaveartistsusedmineral-basedpigments,whichiswhyresearcherscannotpreciselypinpointwhentheartoriginated.Theybasedtheirestimateonotherobjectsfoundinthecave,likespearheadsmadeofbonesandhornsthatweredecoratedwithsymbolssimilartothosefoundonthewalls. TheLascauxworkshop Thereplicaexhibition,locatedinaninternationalcenterforcaveartcalledLascaux4,includesinformationforvisitors.Afterviewingthecompletereplica,individualpaintingsaredisplayedateye-levelinasectioncalledtheLascauxworkshop.Whatdothenumbersmean?LascauxIistheoriginalcave,Lascaux2isthefirstreproduction,andLascaux3isatravelingexhibition. Overlappingpaintings Manygenerationsofartistswereatworkinthecave,andpaintingsandengravingswerecreatedontopofolderones,whichisdifficultfornon-expertstomakeout.IntheLascauxworkshop,individualartworksareprojectedontoascreeninchronologicalorder.Aherdofhorsesishiddenbeneaththelargecowanduponcloserinspection,athree-sidedemblembecomesvisible. Detailsspringtolife Wildhorsesgallopacrossthewall,jumping,frolickingandmating.Butinthecave,theyarecoveredupbyalargeblackcow.InthepedagogicalportionoftheLascaux4center,thevariouslayersofpaintingsareseparatedandthedetailsmadevisiblethankstomoderntechnology. Cavewasahaven,notahome ArchaeologistJean-PierreChadelleisoneoftheexpertswhohasworkedintheLascauxcave.Peopleneverlivedintheoriginalcave,hesaid,becausenotrashorremainsoffireshavebeenfoundthere.It'spossiblethatthecavewasusedasarefugefromsnowstorms.TheartworksoriginatedduringtheIceAge,whentheAlpineglaciersextendedtowhatisnowthecityofLyon. InternationalCenterforCaveArt ThelonggraystructurerightnexttothereplicatedLascauxcave,whichblendsrightintothesurroundings,wasdesignedbytheNorwegianarchitecturefirmSnohetta.Apathleadsfromtheflatrooftothehiddenentranceofthecavereplica,whichislocatedeightmeters(26feet)underground. Tracingartthenandnow AftervisitingLascaux,Picassoisrumoredtohavesaid,"We'velearnednothingsincethen!"Inthecenter,the"Galeriedel'imaginaire,"orimaginationgallery,showshowcavepaintingsareconnectedtomodernandcontemporaryart.Inthisinteractivedigitalgallery,visitorscanbuildtheirownexhibitionwitholdandnewworksofart. Lascauxcavediscoveredin1940 LascauxisinsouthwestFrance.InSeptember1940,fourteenagersdiscoveredthecave—actuallyaseriesofconnectingchambers—containingancientUpperPaleolithicart.Toprotectthedrawings,thecavewasclosedtovisitorsin1963.In1983,apartialcopyofthecavewasopened.However,itwaslocatedtooclosetotheoriginal,soanew,completecopywasbuiltfurtherfromtherealcave. Strikinglyrealistic Thisredcowisamongthe1,963drawingsdatingback20,000yearsthatwerefoundintheLascauxcave.Thepigmenthasfadedoverthemillennia.Accordingtoexperts,theoriginalandcopyareindistinguishablefromeachother. TheChinesehorse Thecaveartistsusedmineral-basedpigments,whichiswhyresearcherscannotpreciselypinpointwhentheartoriginated.Theybasedtheirestimateonotherobjectsfoundinthecave,likespearheadsmadeofbonesandhornsthatweredecoratedwithsymbolssimilartothosefoundonthewalls. TheLascauxworkshop Thereplicaexhibition,locatedinaninternationalcenterforcaveartcalledLascaux4,includesinformationforvisitors.Afterviewingthecompletereplica,individualpaintingsaredisplayedateye-levelinasectioncalledtheLascauxworkshop.Whatdothenumbersmean?LascauxIistheoriginalcave,Lascaux2isthefirstreproduction,andLascaux3isatravelingexhibition. Overlappingpaintings Manygenerationsofartistswereatworkinthecave,andpaintingsandengravingswerecreatedontopofolderones,whichisdifficultfornon-expertstomakeout.IntheLascauxworkshop,individualartworksareprojectedontoascreeninchronologicalorder.Aherdofhorsesishiddenbeneaththelargecowanduponcloserinspection,athree-sidedemblembecomesvisible. Detailsspringtolife Wildhorsesgallopacrossthewall,jumping,frolickingandmating.Butinthecave,theyarecoveredupbyalargeblackcow.InthepedagogicalportionoftheLascaux4center,thevariouslayersofpaintingsareseparatedandthedetailsmadevisiblethankstomoderntechnology. Cavewasahaven,notahome ArchaeologistJean-PierreChadelleisoneoftheexpertswhohasworkedintheLascauxcave.Peopleneverlivedintheoriginalcave,hesaid,becausenotrashorremainsoffireshavebeenfoundthere.It'spossiblethatthecavewasusedasarefugefromsnowstorms.TheartworksoriginatedduringtheIceAge,whentheAlpineglaciersextendedtowhatisnowthecityofLyon. InternationalCenterforCaveArt ThelonggraystructurerightnexttothereplicatedLascauxcave,whichblendsrightintothesurroundings,wasdesignedbytheNorwegianarchitecturefirmSnohetta.Apathleadsfromtheflatrooftothehiddenentranceofthecavereplica,whichislocatedeightmeters(26feet)underground. Tracingartthenandnow AftervisitingLascaux,Picassoisrumoredtohavesaid,"We'velearnednothingsincethen!"Inthecenter,the"Galeriedel'imaginaire,"orimaginationgallery,showshowcavepaintingsareconnectedtomodernandcontemporaryart.Inthisinteractivedigitalgallery,visitorscanbuildtheirownexhibitionwitholdandnewworksofart. 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Date 14.09.2020 Numberofpictures 9 Author BettinaKaps(kbm) RelatedSubjects France Keywords LascauxCaves, arts, heritage, France, archeology Sendusyourfeedback. Print Printthispage Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/2U8NB ©2022DeutscheWelle| PrivacyPolicy| AccessibilityStatement| Legalnotice| Contact |Mobileversion