An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 109.—Font de Gaume. Rhinoceros in broad red line. Diverticulum. 2^ feet long. Rhinoceros, also in broad red line, appears in the samepart of the cave. These are the only paintings ofthis animal yet discovered: engravings of it on bone,horn, or stone are very few, and are much inferior inartistic merit. Just before the Rubicon is reached thereis another smaller lateral gallery on the walls of which arerepresentations of a wolf, reindeer, and horses. One of thelast is of exceptional interest, though badly preserved,because the natural irreof
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 109.—Font de Gaume. Rhinoceros in broad red line. Diverticulum. 2^ feet long. Rhinoceros, also in broad red line, appears in the samepart of the cave. These are the only paintings ofthis animal yet discovered: engravings of it on bone,horn, or stone are very few, and are much inferior inartistic merit. Just before the Rubicon is reached thereis another smaller lateral gallery on the walls of which arerepresentations of a wolf, reindeer, and horses. One of thelast is of exceptional interest, though badly preserved,because the natural irreofularities of the wall surface havebeen utilized to represent parts of the body of the hanging stalactites simulate well the tail, haunches,and hind legs, whilst elevations of the surface at an ap-propriate distance represent the fore limbs. The part of 82 PREHISTORIC ART the wall between gives in relief a g-ood impression of thebody (Fig. no).. Fig. ho.—Font dc Gannie. Horse in relief by stalactites on wall. Firstlateral gallery. (Prom Cav. Font de Ganme.) A few representations of the human hand stencilled ona black ground have been noticed. They recall those, tobe described later, at Gargas. On the body of a bison in polychrome are twodesigns supposed torepresent/^/^/.j or tents,and thus belonging tothe tectiforrn class ofinanimate designs al-ready mentioned (). Similar designs, V\v,. \\\.—Font de Ganme. Tectiform designs on botheilgravcd and in bison in polychrome. colour, have been found in several parts of the cave. One or two centraluprights appear to support some kind of roof. In two of
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