#lascaux — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lascaux, aggregated by home.social.
-
“Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children… guard it well, for it is far more precious than money… and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.”*…
View of Valley from Mountain, “Canyon de Chelly” National Monument, Arizona.From the National Archives, an extraordinary collection of Ansel Adams‘ photos of National Parks in the U.S…
In 1941 the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The mural project was halted because of World War II and never resumed, however the photographs remained.
Much later in 1962 the photographs were accessioned into the holdings of the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives and Records Administration. The original prints created for the project now reside within the series 79-AA: Ansel Adams Photographs of National Parks and Monuments, 1941 – 1942, while the negatives were originally retained by Adams at the time. Ansel Adams would later visit the Still Picture Branch and review his photographic prints in 1979.
The holdings of the National Archives’ Still Picture Branch include 226 photographs taken for this project, most of them signed and captioned by Adams. They were taken between 1941 and 1942 at the Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Kings Canyon, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Carlsbad Caverns, Glacier, and Zion National Parks; Death Valley, Saguaro, and Canyon de Chelly National Monuments. Other pictures were taken at the Boulder Dam; Acoma Pueblo, NM; San Idelfonso, NM; Taos Pueblo, NM; Tuba City, AZ; Walpi, AZ; and Owens Valley, CA. Many of the latter locations show Navajo and Pueblo Indians, their homes and activities.
The Kings Canyon photographs were taken in 1936 when the establishment of the park was being proposed. These prints were added by Adams to the mural project. The one photograph of Yosemite (79-AAU-1) was a gift from Adams to the head of the Park Service, Horace Albright, in 1933.
In addition, there are eight photographs taken by Adams of Yosemite in the General Photographic Files of the National Park Service (79-G)…
Many, many more at: “Ansel Adams Photographs of National Parks.”
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment” – Ansel Adams
###
As we wonder, we might recall that it was on this date in 1940 that an ancestor of the art featured above was discovered: a teenager named Marcel Ravidat found the entrance to cs in southwest France when his dog investigated a hole left by an uprooted tree. Ravidat collected three friends, then followed his dog down what turned out to be the narrow entrance into a cavern, where they came upon (part of) the now-storied collection of wall markings— 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly of animal representations– that are among the world’s finest examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period.
See also: “To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow.”
#anselAdams #art #cavePaintings #culture #history #Lascaux #MarcelRavidat #NationalArchives #nationalParks #photographs #photography -
12 septembre 1940, village de Montignac (Dordogne) : en suivant leur chien parti explorer un trou, quatre jeunes gens découvrent des grottes recouvertes de dessins mystérieux.
L'abbé Breuil, spécialiste français de la préhistoire, viendra explorer le site et confirmera la présence de peintures rupestres datant du Paléolithique.
La grotte de Lascaux va vite devenir une des grottes ornées préhistoriques les plus connues.
-
Les événements du 8 septembre.
En 1940, Marcel Ravidat découvre la grotte de #Lascaux à Montignac en Dordogne. 39 ans jour pour jour après la découverte de la grotte des Combarelles.
https://www.histoiredesinventions.com/8-septembre/ -
"It’s true that some of the very oldest cave art features stencils of human hands – but what is the hand if not the place where the human touches the nonhuman, the very interface of self and world?"
#Caves #Art #Humanities #Lascaux #Fediverse #Mastodon #Social #Human #Dreams #FoodForThought
-
#BostonWeekend Sun HISTORY Herzog's masterpiece remastered in 3D Imax: Cave of Forgotten dreams. One more showing, 1145am 4/19 https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-3d-imax-remastered-83238 #BostonHistory #BostonFilm #BostonArt #WernerHerzog #Lascaux
-
Les événements du 8 septembre.
En 1940, Marcel Ravidat découvre la grotte de #Lascaux à Montignac en Dordogne. 39 ans jour pour jour après la découverte de la grotte des Combarelles.
https://www.histoiredesinventions.com/8-septembre/ -
Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
-
-
[La BD de la semaine dernière] Ép 15. Vidéosurveillance
Quand les Cro-Magnons font face à des soucis de petite délinquance, ça vire quand même tout de suite « Voisins Vigilants »…
▶️ Lire cette BD : https://grisebouille.net/ep15-videosurveillance
📗 Le livre best of : https://editions.ptilouk.net/gb10ans
❤️ Soutien : https://ptilouk.net/#soutien#BD #GriseBouille #LaChaîneMétéore #LCM #humour #lascaux #grotte #caméra #vidéosurveillance #sécurité
-
[La BD de la semaine] Ép 15. Vidéosurveillance
Après le proprio, après l'ours, après les dodos… une nouvelle plaie vient déranger nos protagonistes : des sales gosses !
▶️ Lire cette BD : https://grisebouille.net/ep15-videosurveillance
📗 Le livre best of : https://editions.ptilouk.net/gb10ans
❤️ Soutien : https://ptilouk.net/#soutien#BD #GriseBouille #LaChaîneMétéore #LCM #humour #lascaux #grotte #caméra #vidéosurveillance #sécurité
-
CW: Nudité (La Chaîne Météore)
[Nouvelle BD] Ép 15. Vidéosurveillance
Décidément, la vie dans une grotte n'est pas de tout repos… Magnon et Jean-Cro vont peut-être devoir se poser la question de la sécurité dans tout ça…
▶️ Lire cette BD : https://grisebouille.net/ep15-videosurveillance
📗 Le livre best of : https://editions.ptilouk.net/gb10ans
❤️ Soutien : https://ptilouk.net/#soutien#BD #GriseBouille #LaChaîneMétéore #LCM #humour #lascaux #grotte #caméra #vidéosurveillance #sécurité
-
Reindeer are stirring…
A magical scene from ice age France.Illuminated by oil fat lamps in the darkness of Lascaux, the panel of swimming reindeer was drawn in black manganese crayon 17,000 winters past.
Happy Christmas everyone!🎄
Prof Jamie Woodward @Jamie_Woodward_ #Christmas #Lascaux #caveart
-
#Lascaux-story from 1990. Spoiler: it was not the dog hunting a rabbit.
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=0.34117,-0.11957&z=8.37&m=IFmemories-1990-10-cher-monday-night-madness-b-39&s=1&iiif-content=https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/2/memories-1990-10-cher-monday-night-madness-b/manifest.json&c=W -
Nikolaus in #Lascaux https://www.google.com/maps/@45.0538215,1.16965,3a,75y,122.74h,96.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6YdacisAkQmQi8qVy-ZvSA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Nach meiner Peilung könnte das der alte Eingang zur Höhle sein. #ChronoMedia mit einem Film von 1952 https://mprove.de/chrono?q=45.05382,1.16992&z=18.55&r=114&t=60&m=XYlascaux&s=1&i=ChronoMedia -
Les Éditions #BookEBook avec l’Association française pour l’information scientifique ( #Afis ) ont le plaisir de mettre à votre disposition en cette période automnale l’ensemble des éditions numériques (e-book pdf) de la collection « Une chandelle dans les ténèbres » au prix unitaire exceptionnel de 4,99 €.
- S’affranchir du prêt-à -penser (N° C001)
- Déjouer les pièges de l’information (N° C002)
- Jusqu’à preuve du contraire… (N° C003)
- Les #FleursDeBach. (N° C004)
- La numérologie (N° C005)
- Placebo et effet placebo en médecine (N° C006)
- Les médecines non conventionnelles (N° C007)
- L’ #homéopathie et l’ #acupuncture (N° C008)
- Les psychanalyses. (N° C009)
- Notre Terre qui êtes aux cieux (N° C010)
- 11-Septembre et complotisme (N° C011)
- Les ravages des faux souvenirs (N° C012)
- Le tombeau des idées reçues. Tome 1 (N° C013)
- L’ #ostéopathie. (N° C014)
- Sous l’emprise de la #Lune. (N° C015)
- La Zététique au quotidien (N° C016)
- Coïncidences et loi des séries… (N° C017)
- Les bases techniques de l’astrologie (N° C018)
- L’énigme des crânes de cristal (N° C019)
- Le tombeau des idées reçues. Tome 2 (N° C020)
- Mésusages de la #PhysiqueQuantique (N° C021)
- Trente activités zététiques (N° C022)
- Notre #calendrier. Une sacrée histoire ! (N° C023)
- Les pièges de la causalité (N° C024) #OVNI dans nos cieux. (N° C025)
- La peur des #comètes. (N° C026)
- La foi peut-elle guérir ? (N° C027)
- Les pyramides de #Bosnie. (N° C028)
- Les idées reçues de la #Préhistoire (N° C029)
- Aux racines de la #science (N° C030)
- La face cachée de l’ #ennéagramme (N° C031)
- L’étoile de #Bethléem. (N° C032)
- Le #ProjetGamma. (N° C033)
- #Galilée ou les délices de la question (N° C034)
- Dérives de la #cosmologie (N° C035)
- Les bavures scientifiques. (N° C036)
- Fantasmes sur la #MoraleRomaine (N° C037)
- #Lascaux et l’ #archéoastronomie (N° C038)
- #Electrosensibles. (N° C039)
- Lampes toxiques. (N° C040)
- La vie après la mort ? (N° C041)
- L’Homme sur la #Lune. (N° C042)
- Les compléments alimentaires (N° C043)
- L’ordinateur d’ #Archimède. Tome 1 (N° C044)
- L’ordinateur d’ #Archimède. Tome 2 (N° C045)
- #LumièreBleue, #LED et #écrans. (N° C046)
- Météorites et astéroïdes (N° C047)
- Les idées reçues de l’ #astronautique (N° C048)
- Antique zététique (N° C049)
- La #Radiesthésie face à la science (N° C050)
- Préhistoires imaginaires tome 1 (N° C051)
- #Pyramidologie (N° C052)
- La Renaissance des dinosaures (N° C053)
- Mesurer l’ #univers (N° C054)
https://www.book-e-book.com/4-e-books?q=Collection+%3A-Une+chandelle+dans+les+t%C3%A9n%C3%A8bres
-
Cave Painting Removal
Cave Painting Removal
Date: May 2008
Location: Leake street tunnel, London, EnglandThis mural was created at the occasion of the Cans Festival, a “street party of stencil art” organized and hosted by Banksy in May 2008.
-
Lascaux et le mystère de la "scène du puits" [audio 30m] - Carbone 14 #ArteRupestre #Lascaux #paléolithique https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/carbone-14-le-magazine-de-l-archeologie/lascaux-et-le-mystere-de-la-scene-du-puits-8737964
-
Virtual #Lascaux
Lascaux VR in the UK - The Cave Art of Lascaux: a Virtual Reality Experience. Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, England
https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/news/rock_art.php?id=Lascaux-VR-in-the-UK -
Not the real one. You can't actually see the real one.
Not even the facsimile one, you can't take pictures of the facsimile one.
The facsimile of the facsimile. This one, you can take a picture of.
(I kinda regret not visiting an actual cave with actual prehistorical paintings, but I wanted my kids to know what #Lascaux was. Next trip we'll go to some actual caves, hopefully)
-
“À l’époque de la grotte de #Lascaux, on était #noir de #peau”. Professeure d’#anthropologie #génétique, #ÉvelyneHeyer nous dévoile la vie secrète des gènes et l’influence de l’#ADN sur l’#histoire des populations. Elle nous explique notamment comment la peau de l’Homme européen s’est éclaircie au cours de la période #néolithique en fonction de l'#alimentation.
#Immigration #Biologie #Paléogénétique #Arte #28Minutes #ElisabethQuin #Science
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/112656-001-A/donnez-un-morceau-d-adn-a-evelyne-heyer-elle-en-fait-une-histoire/
(vers 4'15") -
From Museum of Artifacts: A herd of wild Przhevalsky horses in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photograph: Tatyana Deryabina/University of Porthmouth. & a 17,000-year-old horse painting at the Lascaux cave in France
#PrzhevalskyHorses
#Przhevalsky
#WildHorses
#LascauxCave
#Lascaux -
"20,000-year-old cave painting 'dots' are the earliest written language, study claims. But not everyone agrees."
LiveScience: https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-cave-art-proto-writing-claim
"Looking at the total number of marks — either dots or lines — found in sequences across hundreds of caves, the researchers discovered that none of the series contained more than 13 marks, consistent with the 13 lunar months in each year. 'We hypothesize that sequences are conveying information about their associated animal taxa in units of months," they wrote, noting that spring, "with its obvious signals of the end of winter and corresponding faunal migrations to breeding grounds, would have provided an obvious, if regionally differing, point of origin for the lunar calendar.'"
