An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 21.—Wild cat. dccoupes. S. Michel dArudy. (From Ln Cnv. Font de Gaumc.) (Natural size.) as M. Piette believed, it was an intermediate or transitionform from carving in relief to engraving. The outlineof the figure was cut out of a flat piece of bone, and thefeatures emphasized by incised lines, the two opposed de-signs not always exactly corresponding. Horses Headsexecuted in this manner come from several sites in thePyrenean region, MasdAzil, Lorthet, Lourdes, Knlene,and Arudy (Figs. 22 and 23). From the last also the ^ La
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 21.—Wild cat. dccoupes. S. Michel dArudy. (From Ln Cnv. Font de Gaumc.) (Natural size.) as M. Piette believed, it was an intermediate or transitionform from carving in relief to engraving. The outlineof the figure was cut out of a flat piece of bone, and thefeatures emphasized by incised lines, the two opposed de-signs not always exactly corresponding. Horses Headsexecuted in this manner come from several sites in thePyrenean region, MasdAzil, Lorthet, Lourdes, Knlene,and Arudy (Figs. 22 and 23). From the last also the ^ La Caver tie de Font de Gaiime, Fig. Piette, op. cit., Plate LXXXI, Fig. i. PALEOLITHIC ART 25
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