thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 11月14日 08時53分

Photograph by Stephen Alvarez @salvarezphoto / Ursus spelaeus was a Pleistocene era cave bear that inhabited Europe and Asia. They became extinct around the last glacial maximum some 24,000 years ago. These animals were immense, standing over 10 feet tall. We know of these bears from their bones, and also from the images of them that Paleolithic people drew on cave walls. This bear was drawn on the wall of Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in France sometime before 24,000 years ago. It is impressive for its scale -the image is nearly life size- and also for its minimalist sophistication. The artist used the naturally occurring cracks in the cave wall to complete the composition giving us only what we need and allowing our imagination to fill in the rest. One thing that has always struck me about Paleolithic artist and cave bears is that they were contemporaries. An artist would not have known if a gigantic cave bear was inside a cave until entering it. The risk seems fantastic, making the artwork must have been very important to them. Seeing art like this led me to start the @ancientartarchive, a nonprofit that shares and preserves humanity’s first images. Follow us for more.

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