What Is The Difference Between Rhino And Lascuax Cave

There are many ancient artifacts that have been found that gives us a glimpse into pre-historic cultures. Pottery, tools, weapons, carving and paintings are among the pieces of evidence of early cultures. Of these relics, paintings to me are some of the most significant left by early humans. Examples of these relics are the paintings from prehistoric times that have been found in caves in France. In the Chauvet caves paintings date back to 30,000 BCE and those found at Lascaux are from 15,000 BCE. From these two caves, the two art works that interest me the most were the Fighting Rhino and Horses in the Chauvet cave and Shaft of the dead man in the Lascuax cave. These painting when glanced at seem to have been created similarly, but upon
The paintings from the Rhino and Horse painting were left by people of the Paleolithic era and date back to 30,000 BCE. The paintings found at Lascaux, Shaft of the Dead Man, are closer to the Neolithic era, or about 15,000 BCE. Despite the Rhino and Horse drawings being approximately 15,000 years older, they differ in technique from the Shaft of the Dead Man because they display a greater level of realism with the use of shading which gives the painting a three dimensional look which is not found in the Lascaux cave piece. The technique in the Shaft of the Dead Man painting is still able to represent a realistic drawing of the bison and rhino, but the drawing has two-dimensional properties with the absence of shading found in the Rhino and Horse piece. Another difference is that in the Shaft of the Dead Man painting, a story is being told. The major difference of historic significance between these two pieces is that in the Shaft of the Dead painting the first appearance of a male figure in cave drawing was found. It was the only painting that was found in either the Lascaux or Chauvet caves with a human