An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . ig. 156). The;human body On the subject of tlie Evolution of Mural Decoration, consultLa Cuverne dAltamira, par Cartailliac et Breuil (1906), chap. vi. ; LaCaverne de Font dc Gaume, par Capitan, Breuil, et Peyrony (1910), ; Les Cavernes de la Kc^ione Caiitabriqjie, par Alcalde del Rio, Breuil,et Sierra (1912), chap. xiv.; Congres Internationale dAntliropologie,Monaco (1906), pp. 367-86. MURAL DECORATION OF CAVES 127 is also portrayed, sometimes in relation to animals so asto form a picture, the nearest approach to which in Pala^o-llthi
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . ig. 156). The;human body On the subject of tlie Evolution of Mural Decoration, consultLa Cuverne dAltamira, par Cartailliac et Breuil (1906), chap. vi. ; LaCaverne de Font dc Gaume, par Capitan, Breuil, et Peyrony (1910), ; Les Cavernes de la Kc^ione Caiitabriqjie, par Alcalde del Rio, Breuil,et Sierra (1912), chap. xiv.; Congres Internationale dAntliropologie,Monaco (1906), pp. 367-86. MURAL DECORATION OF CAVES 127 is also portrayed, sometimes in relation to animals so asto form a picture, the nearest approach to which in Pala^o-llthic art are the designs on rocks in South-east Spain, as atAlpera. The Bushman engravings are executed by a slightchipping over the surface of the rock, producing a dottedappearance (Fig. 157). Recent discoveries in the MadoboRange of Southern Rhodesia are such as to emphasize stillmore the similarity of Bushman and Palaeolithic art. Inthese mountains are many caves decorated with paintingsof animals, among them being monkeys, elephants, giraffes,. Fig. 156.—Bushman rock painting. Human figures, black. Animals, white,shades of red, and yellow. (From Cav. iVAltainira. After Stow.) rhinoceros, antelepes, lions, snakes, and fish. Some ofthese are 8 to 10 feet long, and painted on the concaveroof. Half a dozen different colours have been employed :white, yellow, red, brown, purple, and black. Shrubs,flowers, and grasses are also depicted. The human form,showing great^variety of attitude and action, is by no ^ means uncommon. A notable point is that the animalfigures were sometimes engraved as well as coloured, a pro- ,,cedure often adopted by the Palaeolithic artist.^ 1 Bnshma7i Paintings in the Madobo Range, Sout/iern Rhodesia, byR. N. Hall in The Geographical Journal, xxxix. (1912), p. 592; F. Stow, The Native Races of South Africa (1905); H. Tongue,Bushman Paintings (1909). Anthropos, vni. (1913), pp. 652 ff. andloio ff., numerous plates. 128 PREHISTORIC ART In many parts
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