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Lascaux has traditionally been divided into seven sectors: the Hall of the Bulls, the Axial Gallery, the Passageway, the Nave, the Chamber of the Felines, the Apse and the Shaft. The accessible areas of the cave can be divided along three major axes.
24 sie 2018 · The Lascaux Shaft scene is the most enigmatic painting of Lascaux and, arguably, of all known Upper Palaeolithic art. Its monochrome figures occupy a wall at the bottom of a 17-foot pit at the back of the Apse section of the cavern complex.
The discovery of the monumental Lascaux cave in 1940 brought with it a new era in our knowledge of both prehistoric art and human origins. Today, the cave continues to feed our collective imagination and to profoundly move new generations of visitors from around the world.
Lascaux (English: / læˈskoʊ / la-SKOH, [1] US also / lɑːˈskoʊ / lah-SKOH; [2] French: Grotte de Lascaux [ɡʁɔt də lasko], [3] "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the cave.
4 sty 2020 · The famous shaft scene of Lascaux Cave, a man with a bird head and a bison. ( bobdu11 / Adobe Stock) Besides this scene, is a masterly depiction of a wooly rhinoceros, besides whom there are six dots, in two parallel rows.
Since 2012, Lascaux III, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, featuring replicas of The Nave and The Shaft, has been touring galleries around the world, bringing Lascaux’s art to a museum hall near you!
To visit Lascaux cave takes 2h00 to 3h00 hours on-site. Guided or self-guided tour, for adults and children.
