#In the name of the book #Art is the "poetic" part of our life that "is not only the present, but also the poetry and the distant places", and when we can truly appreciate the beauty of art, they can bring us happiness and satisfaction.
This "A Brief History of Foreign Art" is a color printed art appreciation road, through the reading of this book, I hope to enter the art road and appreciate the beauty of it. It also takes this opportunity to share the relevant knowledge in the book to more readers.
Let's start with the Paleolithic Age.
One of the most outstanding Paleolithic paintings, the Lascaux Cave frescoes were found in southwestern France and rivaled by the Altamira Caves in the Cantebria region of northern Spain, which also includes clay sculptures and reliefs. The content of the performance is mainly animals, and the techniques are realistic and vivid.
Lascaux Caves were discovered in 1940. The whole cave consists of the main hall, the rear hall and the side hall, as well as the passage connecting the various parts. On the top of the main hall and on the walls of the two passages are depicted a large number of primitive animals such as bison, reindeer and wild horses. Judging from the way of painting and style, it may have come from several generations. The earliest works date back to the late Orina culture, 17,000 BC. The original painter sketched the outline with thick and concise black lines, and rendered the volume and composition of the animal in red, brown, and black. Majestic, dynamic, full of rough and primitive breath and wild vitality. A large bull up to five meters long in the main hall is his masterpiece. Both the head and body of the bison are depicted strongly and powerfully, especially the eyes, which seem to carry a manifestation of feelings.
The Caves of Altamira are also one of the typical representatives of Paleolithic European cave art and are located in the Cantebria region of northern Spain.
The Altamira Caves were discovered in the second half of the 19th century and were made slightly later than the Lascaux Caves.
It includes both the main cave and the side hole, and the paintings are mostly distributed in the side holes, the famous "Bull Hall". It is 18 meters long and 9 meters wide on the side, and is densely packed with 18 bison, 3 doe, 2 horses and 1 wolf. Bison have a variety of postures, such as lying down, standing, curling up, and struggling. The most prominent is the two-meter-long "Wounded Bison".
It depicts the curling and struggling of bison after being injured, and accurately and powerfully represents the structure and dynamics of animals. Different from the Lascaux Caves, the contour lines of the Altamira Cave murals are relatively thin, and there are changes in the thickness and thickness of light and shade to the back, which are closely combined with color rendering, and through the dynamic expression of the structure of the animal body, the light and dark ups and downs are richer, and even the feelings are more delicate, but they are not as bold and powerful as the Lasco Cave paintings. #Art ##美术欣赏 #