Name:______________________________________

Section:______________

Lascaux Cave Paintings

Prehistoric Art in France
Fast Facts

Paintings and engravings inside were made between _________ and

______________BCE
Found by four teenagers in ________
Full scale replica ___________________ was built a few hundred feet away
from the original, so tourists could visit.

Timeline of the Tourism of the Cave

_________- Four teens found the cave

__________-Cave opened to the public
___________- much of the caves art was beginning to deteriorate
because of the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled by tourist.
o 1500 tourists a day
____________- Lascaux is closed off to the public in order to preserve the
art
____________- Lascaux II is built

Artists Materials Used

Scientists have found pieces of ancient scaffolding systems

Brushes- swabs of ________________ or _____________ _____________
Natural pigments as paints
Colors including __________, _____________, _______________, and
_____________

The Hall of Bulls

The worlds most famous underground gallery of Paleolithic art

The main area is called The ____________
Pictured are mostly ________ and ___________.

The Axial Gallery

Great Black Bull- most famous artwork

17 feet long
Entire animal has been ____________ ____________________

The Apse

Accounts for most of the work in the cave

More than ___________ figures
_____ animals
______ abstract designs

Designs used in cave paintings

Animals
Abstract Symbols
o __________lines
o Parallel lines
o Branching lines
o __________
o V-shaped lines
o _______ __________ shapes

Sketch out an idea for your cave paintings below: