[lbo-talk] cave of forgotten dreams

[Carrol Cox]

Some time or other in the last year or two or four I came across an 
article which mentioned that many of the cave paintings are NOT well 
done. Many oif thse clumsier ones were, if I remember correctly, lower 
down on the cave wall. In other words, the answer to one of Chuck's 
questions is tha they got that good by fooling around as "teenagers." 
And p;robably they were NOT teaching. Just some of the kids got good by 
imitaing or messing around. There is a great deal more cave drawing than 
gets reproduced in textbooks etc.

Carrol

On 5/14/2011 3:35 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> Yes indeed. Most ancient art histroy courses start with reproductions of
> cave art which includes scuplture of human figures and the animals they
> were rising or hunting. The oldest are in the 35,000 bce range. The 
> pigments
> are charcole and various earth colors and the vehicle is composed of
> organic fat-like oils. Some are reported to be still not dried hard.
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> What is completely unaccounted for is the cultural side of these works,
> what they mean, how they functioned in the social setting, etc. You have
> to practice to get this good, so how were they practicing and teaching?
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> CG
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