Approche des représentations de mammouths de la grotte Chauvet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9388795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Gely (corresponding author), Marc Azéma |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-188 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0249-7638 • E-ISSN: 1760-7361 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/bspf.2005.13350 |
| OpenAlex | W2024632141 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
With sixty-six depictions of mammoths, the Chauvet Cave is the second most important sanctuary with regard to the number of figures of pachyderms. The is often reduced to its essential lines. However, the graphism also, in some cases, attests to a quest for realism, with a relative concern for details but little proportions. Among the more detailed works, for all the species depicted, the aesthetic quality of some seems to be without equivalent to date in Prehistory. However, independently of individual talents, the achievement of such lavish decoration points to the involvement of a whole group of people. Two main phases of decoration dating from the Aurignacian period have been identified but, finally, all the panels contribute to creating a single monumental sanctuary. Unlike the felines, which are nevertheless also numerous, the mammoth is rarely a central theme. It is more often a species which accompanies and frames others, as if its strength set it aside from the hunter/prey relationship. Because of the very great age of the works in the Chauvet Cave there are still only very comparative elements, although the mammoth is the most frequently depicted animal from the Rhône Valley to Burgundy. The drawings at Baume Latrone, in the gorges of the Gardon river, present many similarities with certain specimens at Chauvet. For the other sites, the lack of any real resemblance seems to confirm the more recent dates proposed for most of the caves in Burgundy and the Ardèche region
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Aurignacian · Cave · Cityscape · Ethnology · Geography · Mammoth · Period (music · Prehistory · Representation (politics · Theme (computing · Visual arts · Archaeological and Geological Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |