The Lascaux Caves

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The Lascaux Caves

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The Lascaux Caves

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Hall of The Bulls

The Hall of the Bulls, also called the Rotunda, is an extension of the

entrance zone. It is about 20 meters long, and it varies in width between

5.5 and 7.5 meters. The images in the Hall of the Bulls are amongst the most

striking in all of Paleolithic art: 130 figures, including 36 representations of animals and some 50 geometric

signs. This extensive frieze is composed of three animal themes – horses (17 individuals), cattle (11 cows and bulls) and deer (6 stags)

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The Axial Gallery

Figures appear on both sides of this 30-metre-long gallery. On the right are three panels, the

Panel of the Chinese Horses, the Panel of the Falling Cow and the Red Panel, featuring two horses

and a bison. To the left is the Panel of the Red Cows, the Panel of the Great Black Bull, the Panel of the Hermione and, to the rear,

the Upside-Down Horse.

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The Passageway

The Passageway links the Hall of the Bulls to the Nave and the Apse. It contains a great concentration of images that are often difficult to decipher. A total of 385 engraved and painted figures have been

counted and identified, including horses, bison,

ibexes, bovines, stags and various signs in the shapes of hooks, crosses and squares.

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The Nave

There are four panels on the left wall of the Nave – those

of the Seven Ibexes, the Imprint, the Great Black Cow and the Crossed Bison. The right wall contains only the

Frieze of the Swimming Stags. The slope of the floor is the

cause of this uneven distribution. The species depicted include horses, ibexes, stags, bison and

aurochs, but in quite different proportions.

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The Apse

On a wall space of some thirty square meters, and an average ceiling height of 3.5 meters, the Apse contains over a thousand

figures. They include nearly 500 animals and 600 geometric signs or lines. They appear on the walls and

ceiling, and with no interruption. Their density increases at the

entrance at the far end, and reaches its peak in the Apsidal, which is

located at the base of the Shaft in the farthest part of this gallery.

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Sources

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?fichier=00.xml