The Hall of Bulls

( The Hall of Bulls )

Lascaux, which contain some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) art. These paintings are about 17,300 years old until now. The drawings in Lascaux were done with charcoal from the fire and some of the colours were made by mixing something like animal fat as a medium. Many flat stones also have been discovered that used as a palettes for mixing colours. From the picture above, we can see that it's really a great work from our prehistoric artists.

( The red-brown colour is the mixing of animal fat )

( Most of the paintings are drawn with charcoal )

These drawings in Lascaux are so expertly rendered. In our opinion, prehistoric art should not have this kind of skill, but after we discovered these paintings in Lascaux, definitely we will change the old opinion toward them. We can see that they have the same level of skill as anyone ever has.

Until now, people still cant understand and confirm the reason why the prehistoric artist painted these drawings. Whatever the motivation, these paintings are vital for us and our generation as a reference. Through the painting, we guess the prehistoric artist's mind and get idea from it or learn from them.

Lascaux was realised that the paintings were in danger of being damaged by the atmosphere changes caused by visitors. As a vital product from the prehistoric artists, we should try our best to protect it so that the future generation can still appreciate it.

In my opinion, this is really a hard work for the prehistoric artist. During that time, they don't have enough skill and material to draw these painting and they try to use the natural material to create those colour tone, unbelievable that they knew how to make it during that time. Furthermore, the images of bulls and horses look real, just like what we can draw now, can't imagine that their drawing skill not even lose to people nowadays. Besides, it is not easy to draw such a big painting on the wall and the cave is so dark and they don't have any light at that time therefore the prehistoric artist are really excellent.