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HALL OF BULLS 4 Annotated bibliography: Hall of Bulls Kevin McClain Santa Fe College July 8, . Bolman, K. (2003). The Applied History of Art and Architecture: An Internet-based, hypertext linked educational environment. doc. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. ). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

This article is titled the cave at Lascaux, France. The article suggests that the cave was used as a sacred place for the community of people that lived near it. Furthermore, it suggests that no one lived in the cave but in its surrounding. The article does provide a clear explanation of the purpose of the hall; it suggests that it was used as an information storage platform for the different phases of inhabitants of the area. It is also resourceful in showing that different animals existed in the area.

This is depicted by the paintings of the horses, bull, and stags. Apart from that, it also gives an insight into the use of art for communication by the community that lived around the cave at that time. From another perspective, the article shows the importance of the integration of different disciplines. For instance, the work is a combination of the art and history to bring the thoughts of the past to the current times.

2. Laming, A. (1959). Lascaux: Paintings and engravings (Vol. 419). [Harmondsworth, Middlesex; Baltimore, Md.]: Penguin Books. The article by Laming focuses on the great left wall of Lascaux II. It describes the dimensions of the original cave as 11 feet and 6 inches.

The cave existed between C.16000 and 14000 and is located in Dordogne, France. One very thing about this article is that it gives the timeline of the cave in using the history terminology and therefore very appropriate for users in the field of history. According to the article, the cave was used by the Paleolithic people or rather during the stone age. The main material forming the cave are charcoal, ochre on the rocks that are non-porous. The article also played a role of indicating a form of life that existed at the time.

It shows different animals such as deer, cattle, bulls, and horses. The different dominant patterns on the wall play the role of revealing the past of human beings in the area. This article comes in handy to supplement the little history written about this part of life.

3. Carrier, D. (2008). A world art history and its objects. Penn State Press. This is one of the most resourceful articles when it comes to details about past human life. It dates the cave between 28000 and 10000 BC. It gives some of the existing histories of the early people.

Art has been integrated with the physical formations of the rocks to depict the large size of the animals that were kept at that time. It helps to show the import role animals play in the life of human beings during the stone age. The article brings out the cave as the route source of life in the era. It also brings about a theory that the painting was done to do a replacement of the animals that would be hunted down and killed.

Despite the various theories and reasons for coming up with the paintings, the article shows plays a good part in showing the importance of nature to human life.

4. Delluc, G. (1984). Lascaux II: a faithful copy. Antiquity , ), . Delluc in this article provides an explanation of how the cave came to be discovered and known to the outside world. It also gives a kind of reaction of the public upon being the discovery of the cave. From the article, we also get to know the extent of the drawings on the cave. It reveals that there are over 150 paintings in the cave with other 15000 engravings that have been preserved in the walls of the cave. In addition, the author shows that the cave gained fame due to the good quality paintings in it. Furthermore, it is one of the accurately dated Paleolithic items in history with correct periods of human existence stated.

5. Leroi-Gourhan, A. (1982). The archaeology of Lascaux cave. Scientific American , 246 (6), . The Archeology of this cave reveals that it was occupied by three different phases ranging from the Upper Paleolithic and early Holocene. It reveals the different material that was used by the individuals in the age of time. These include drawing objects, jewelry, bone material, and lithic objects. In addition to these, charcoal was used. All these preserved either as paintings or reveal materials. The different materials were located in various parts of the cave. One of the oldest material is charcoal. The second phase was characterized by parietal work which is composed of bone and lithic materials. Moreover, there are some other materials whose purposes are not yet known. From the article, we find that as times evolved, the different materials also advanced as technology developed.

References

  • Bolman, K. (2003). The applied history of art and architecture: An internet-based, hypertext linked educational environment. EdMedia+ Innovate Learning, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Carrier, D. (2008). A World Art History and Its Objects. Penn State University Press.
  • Delluc, G. (1984). Lascaux II: A faithful copy. Antiquity.
  • Laming, A. (1959). Lascaux: Paintings and Engravings (Vol. 419). Penguin Books.
  • Leroi-Gourhan, A. (1982). The archaeology of Lascaux cave. Scientific American, 246(6), 54-65.

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