. Popular science monthly. r. Still more remarkable are the bas reliefs of upperAurignacian age from the rock shelter of Laussel (Dordogne) repre-senting the human form. Four of these depict a female type alreadyfamiliar through discoveries at Brassempouy (Landes), Mentone and 20 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. Fig. 10. Head of Reindeer engraved on Cavern Wall at Tdc dAudoubert(Ariege). A club-shaped figure across the head. Votive offering for success inthe chase. Willendorf (Austria). In all there is an evident exaggeration of cer-tain female characters rather than a serious attempt to copy natu
. Popular science monthly. r. Still more remarkable are the bas reliefs of upperAurignacian age from the rock shelter of Laussel (Dordogne) repre-senting the human form. Four of these depict a female type alreadyfamiliar through discoveries at Brassempouy (Landes), Mentone and 20 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. Fig. 10. Head of Reindeer engraved on Cavern Wall at Tdc dAudoubert(Ariege). A club-shaped figure across the head. Votive offering for success inthe chase. Willendorf (Austria). In all there is an evident exaggeration of cer-tain female characters rather than a serious attempt to copy naturefaithfully (PI. II.). The lines of the male figure, who has apparentlyjust let fly an arrow from his bow, are fairly true to the original(PI. III.). The has relief of the female holding the bison horn waspainted red; traces of the color still persist not only on the body butalso over all the cut portion of the rock. The practise of paintingengraved and relief figures was no doubt quite general, examples havingbeen reported lately from La Madeleine and Castillo (Spain). The paleolithic artist was-quick to detect in the configuration of therock a resemblance to animal forms and to heighten the resemblance byjudicious use of engraving or color. To illustrate this point the figureof a bison on a column
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