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Last night we watched a program called How Art Began with Antony Gormley from the BBC. I don't live in America so I'm not sure if it's available there yet but if you're into ancient history you might want to look for it to come to BBC America. Antony Gormley is a famous British sculptor and he goes around the world checking out prehistoric paintings. His whole philosophy part was a bit goofy to me but what caught my attention was one style of painting that was demonstrated by a French archaeologist on the show. He took charcoal, put it in his mouth, chewed it up then started spitting chunks of it around his hand in order to make a handprint on the wall. If you go to the link for this article you can see a picture of a handprint that was made over 40 thousand years ago. I would hardly call the technique intuitive. The thing that surprised me was that he found the same technique in caves continents away from each other. It made me start to wonder when the Aliens guy from the History Channel was going to make an appearance.

1 posted on 01/27/2019 11:39:20 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

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Very interesting if you’re in to ancient cave paintings, history or alien conspiracy theories.

2 posted on 01/27/2019 11:49:58 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

3 posted on 01/28/2019 12:14:56 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)

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he found the same technique in caves continents away from each other.

Simultaneous discoveries are so common it would be strange if he hadn't.

4 posted on 01/28/2019 12:27:25 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)

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8 posted on 01/28/2019 1:41:43 AM PST by RoosterRedux

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The history of art. Palm prints, then predators and prey, then porn...
;)

10 posted on 01/28/2019 3:53:39 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)

To: Oshkalaboomboom

Modern definition

ART: Things of little or no value which most people do not want to purchase, the creators of which demand that their efforts be subsidized by public funds.

18 posted on 01/28/2019 7:30:48 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)

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I’m pretty sure art began before Antony Gormley.

19 posted on 01/28/2019 7:35:42 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")

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So they have somehow figured out that the first person to make art in a cave in Borneo 40,000+ years ago was named Antony Gormley? How did they learn his name?

20 posted on 01/28/2019 8:58:13 AM PST by Verginius Rufus

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21 posted on 01/28/2019 9:02:34 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)

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God help British sculpture!

22 posted on 01/28/2019 10:51:56 AM PST by John Locke

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"Why do humans make art?"

Because we are created in our Creator's image, right down to His creative impulse.

25 posted on 01/28/2019 1:09:31 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)

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