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&feature=player_embeddedNews out of France concerning Prehistoric cave drawings that were animated by torch-light is taking the art history world by storm, and has overwhelmed this artist to the point of awe.
The cave drawings were found by archaeologist Marc Azema and French artist Florent Rivere, who suggest that Paleolithic artists who lived as long as 30,000 years ago used animation effects on cave walls, which explains the multiple heads and limbs on animals in the drawings. The images look superimposed until flickering torch-light is passed over them, giving them movement and creating a brief animation.
Lascaux is the cave with the greatest number of cases of split-action movement by superimposition of successive images. Some 20 animals, principally horses, have the head, legs or tail multiplied, Azéma said.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)The first animated animals were paleolithic!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)They made a lot of remarkable discoveries most of them to survive. But, none the less they were actively looking for ways to make things better. Now this I can only speculate as to why they did these drawings. I think to entertain, possibly the children that were to young to go hunting. In any case this is awesome.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....but many Hominids could have been smart enough to drive.
klook
(12,157 posts)I think we need more animated driver's Ed cave drawings for the Hominids on I-285.
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StarryNite
(9,446 posts)That is the coolest thing!
aquart
(69,014 posts)What an obvious answer once someone tells me. Blown away.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)klook
(12,157 posts)I was blown away by Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," but this takes it to another level.