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The Lascaux Cave paintings. Personal note by Henry Breuil. Pref. by C.F.C. Hawkes. Introd. by A. Leroi-Gourhan. Text prepared in collaboration with Annette Laming.

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The Lascaux Cave paintings. Personal note by Henry Breuil. Pref. by C.F.C. Hawkes. Introd. by A. Leroi-Gourhan. Text prepared in collaboration with Annette Laming.
Author
Windels, Fernand.
Publication
London, Faber and Faber [1949]

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Additional Authors
  • Laming-Emperaire, Annette, 1917-1977.
  • Leroi-Gourhan, André, 1911-1986.
  • Hawkes, C. F. C. (Charles Francis Christopher), 1905-1992
Description
139 p. illus. (part col.) fold. col. map.; 31 cm.
Subject
  • Cave paintings
  • Lascaux Cave (France)
  • Montignac (Dordogne, France) > Antiquities
Note
  • Translated by C.F.C. Hawkes.
  • Translation of Lascaux, Chapelle Sixtine de la préhistoire.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 139.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Personal note by the Abbe Henri Breuil -- Preface by C.F.C. Hawkes -- Introduction by A. Leroi-Gourhan -- Lascaux: a palaeolithic cave-sanctuary re-opened -- Geology and chronology: Tertiary formations and Quaternary paintings -- Art and magic: decorative composition and ritual intent -- Craft and technique: from elementary sketches to the art of painting -- Engraving: inset painting and tooled engraving -- The lascaux fauna: zoological classification -- The cave art of prehistoric western Europe: evolution of styles -- Table of the Quaternary period -- Bibliography.
LCCN
^^^50009739^
OCLC
616600
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