ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月2日 12時35分

Photo 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 (3m) tall. We know of these bears from their bones, and also from the images that Paleolithic people drew on cave walls. This bear was drawn on the wall of Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in France. 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 artists 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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