Overview:-
- Chauvet cave in Southern France consists of one of earliest best preserved cave arts in the world. The rock paintings in the site date between 30000 and 32000 B.P, during Aurignacian period. The wall of the cave decorated with more than 1000 images of the ancestors of last stone age (between 50000 and 10000 years ago).
- The cave has remained hidden from the outer world since 20000 B.P. It was rediscovered by a group of speleologists in 1994. Besides outstanding paintings Chauvet cave also contain fossilized remains and other human evidences. UNESCO recognized Chauvet cave as a world heritage site in 2014.
- The paintings of the Chauvet cave predominantly feature animals, represent mammoths, cave lions, panthers, cave hyenas and bears. A few rare ice age animals also depicted also depicted in the paintings of Chauvet cave. The impression of movement of a number of figures also represents through incising around the outlines. The paintings of Chauvet cave also feature three dimentionality and combination of painting and engraving.
