Lascaux
Britishnoun
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“It is unthinkable that any culture would knowingly destroy Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids or the Lascaux caves in France,” Plibersek told Parliament.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Each calendar date touches on an event — say, Michelangelo acquiring the marble for his David or the discovery of the Lascaux caves in France, which reportedly inspired Picasso to declare, “We have invented nothing!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Other ancient artwork, such as the famous drawings in the Lascaux caves of France, are often just images of the known world.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Not to mention the caves at Lascaux, the Dead Sea Scrolls .
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021
At Altamira and Lascaux, then, the main purpose may no longer have been to “kill” but to “make” animals: to increase their supply, perhaps through seasonal rituals repeated year after year.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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