Lascaux CAVE ART Paleolithic HORSE PETROGLYPH 15,000 BC

Size:
13"high x 20" wide x 1" thick

Material: 
COMPOSITE POLYSTONE
Ready for Hanging

This highly accurate recreation of the cave wall carving is the result of painstaking detailed work. 

Using accurate measurements and actual photographs, artists/arch- eologists in the United States carefully carved all the intricate 3-dimensional details into a  master mold. 

Every effort was made to make this recreation as accurate as possible - the look and feel of ancient stone, individual hand painting, etc. - and we are proud of the results. 

This work was commissioned  by Echoes In Time and is available no where else.

STORY
Few things surpass the beauty and elegance of a running horse. The graceful flow of line and form has been portrayed in countless drawings, sculptures and photographs. Man has been compelled to capture these wonderful images since the beginning of art itself. This beautiful horse petroglyph is an exquisite testimony to both the artistry and observational skills of the original creator.  Our ancestors were keen observers of nature.  Notice the thicker neck and shoulders and the tuft of hair under the lower jaw, similar to what can be seen in certain wild horses today.  This image is an actual representation of a 17,000 year old horse, who's line is long extinct.  We are seeing it first hand through the eyes of artist who obviously had great respect for the animal.  Notice how artist used the natural contours of the rock wall to suggest musculature and motion.

Petroglyphs refer to carved representations or symbols created by our pre-historic ancestors. This is a meticulous, full-size recreation of one of over 500 neolithic works of art found in a single cave, Lascaux (now closed to the public), in France. This particular figure is chiseled into the cave wall in an area known as the "Nave Gallery".