An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . eat distress, evidently wounded or at the point of death. This drawing shows wellthe power of the artist toseize, with a few lines, theessentials of expression^(Fig. 72). Realistic en-gravings on stone havebeen discovered in severalother cases, as for exampleat Limeuil ^ (Dordogne)and Bruniquel* One ofthe latter from Monastrucis eno-raved on both sides of a pebble, the body being onone, the legs on the other.^ A composition on reindeer horn from Lorthet () which has often been admired and described asrepresenting reindeer, contains re
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . eat distress, evidently wounded or at the point of death. This drawing shows wellthe power of the artist toseize, with a few lines, theessentials of expression^(Fig. 72). Realistic en-gravings on stone havebeen discovered in severalother cases, as for exampleat Limeuil ^ (Dordogne)and Bruniquel* One ofthe latter from Monastrucis eno-raved on both sides of a pebble, the body being onone, the legs on the other.^ A composition on reindeer horn from Lorthet () which has often been admired and described asrepresenting reindeer, contains really an engraving of theGreat Stag (Cervus elaphus), and the artist has shown hisskill by drawing the animal with its head turned back in avery natural manner (iMg. 75). Unfortunately the otherfigures of deer have been largely destroyed. Sir Ray Lan-kester has suggested a restoration which adds a charm to the ^ LAnthropologie, xni., Fig. 8, p. 159. ^Ibid., XV., Fig. 44, P- ^SS- ^ La Cav. de F. de Gaume, Fig. 145. 3id., Fig. 155. Ilnd., Fig. Fig. 72.—Dying reindeer, PALEOLITHIC ART 57
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