An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . acter of these unique speci-mens may be judged by Count Begouens further observa-tion that there is in the ensemble of these statuettes aregard for nature, and for life, a realism and a techniquewhich show that their makers possessed a real artistic con-ception .^ One statuette (male) is 63 centimetres long,the other (female) 61 centimetres (Plate VII). 5. ENGRAVING. Engraving reached its highest development and wasmost widely diffused in the Magdalenian period. In itssimplest form engraving is seen on tools and weapons asawls, spearheads, and
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . acter of these unique speci-mens may be judged by Count Begouens further observa-tion that there is in the ensemble of these statuettes aregard for nature, and for life, a realism and a techniquewhich show that their makers possessed a real artistic con-ception .^ One statuette (male) is 63 centimetres long,the other (female) 61 centimetres (Plate VII). 5. ENGRAVING. Engraving reached its highest development and wasmost widely diffused in the Magdalenian period. In itssimplest form engraving is seen on tools and weapons asawls, spearheads, and harpoons. The ornamentation iscomposed of dots and lines forming simple oeomelric de-signs.^ One of the best examples of this style of ornamenta-tion in the form of chevron design is seen on a four-sided iLes Statues dArgile de la Caverne dur Tiic dAudoubert(Aricge), par le Comte Begouen, LAnthropologic, xxui. (1912), , Figs. 2 and 3. •^ Cf. Relit/. A</uit., Plates B, XVIII, XXV, and XXVI ; and Piette,op. cit., Plates LXXVII and 5 Eo c<uo CO lO •a n n be ^. 3O 3< 3 O s 3 PALAEOLITHIC ART 45 bone implement from Saint Marcel (Indre). All four sidesare engraved. It looks like a double chisel, or it maypossibly have been a tatooing instrument* (Fig. 55).Laugerie Basse has yielded several interesting examples,among the designs being chevrons and lozenges.^ TheCircle and Spiral are rare, but they are seen engravedon reindeer horn from the cave of Espelugues dArudy(Basses Pyrenees). Some of these are quite in relief,and may be regarded as a transition from carving toengraving =^ (Fig. 56).
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