Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley.
I have never
seen the Lascaux Cave paintings, at least not the real ones. I did see the traveling reconstruction
exhibit, which was very cool. But truth
be told, I have never really thought about cave paintings very much, outside of
abstract desire to see them.
(from the traveling show. Photo taken by C.Ethier)
David
and Lefrere, however, seem to have spent a significant about of time thinking
about cave paintings. This is a good
thing.
(Cave to scale. Photo taken by C. Ethier)
In this
short book, it is possible to read this in an hour or so, David and Lefrere
make a pretty good case for the cave paintings’ creation – both the how and the
why.
The
theory about the why is one of those moments that at first seems so out there
but makes such prefect sense when they lay out the details and take the reader
along with them on the journey of discovery.
I am
not entirely sure if I fully believe all the why part of the theory. While the authors make a very good case,
there are too many variables that can be called into account. The process of how the art made it on to the
wall – the “technology”/technique – of the animals on the walls of the cave.
(Reproduction. Photo C. Ethier)
The
book is very readable because the structure is done in steps. The reader goes on the journey of discovery with
the authors.
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