Essays on Chauvet Cave

Abstract

The birth of art had served humanity in a variety of purposes. And this purpose has changed throughout the course of human history. Humans use art to showcase their religious belief, to express emotions, to depict the beauty of an individual or a particular landscape, to record a significant event and for propaganda. Moreover, the way humans perceive art are constantly changing. Cultural art arises from the need to express emotions and the different aspects of cultures. On the other hand, modern-day contemporary art is inclined to make use of various objects and to combine genres which make the ...

Cave paintings during the Paleolithic Age were painted not just for arts sake. There are many interpretations of the rationale behind these paintings. Kottack (1991), an anthropologist says that the paintings are associated with ritual and magic. Paintings of animals showing spears on their bodies could be a way of envisioning a successful hunt, that by drawing what they intended to achieve the Paleolithic hunters would be successful. These are also interpreted as a strategy to control the animal reproduction or part of ceremonies of increase. They may also be a form of documentation or historical archive of the successful hunts; that after ...

The Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) is a movie that features the Chauvet Cave, which was discovered in 1994 in the south of France. It was a remarkable discovery as it contained the earliest known cave paintings and also showed evidence of Upper Paleolitihic life.

The cave drawings are relevant as they can teach us about the history of mankind or even the world. They can help us gain an understanding of how prehistoric men lived – what their beliefs were, what their lifestyles were, and what the conditions they lived in were. Through the cave drawings, we will be able to ...