..: Lithos [Art, Style et Chevaux , par Romain Pigeaud] :..

The dating of the art displayed in the cave discovered at Chauvet (Ard`eche) back to 32 000 years ago, and therefore into the Aurignacian, has stirred up research into Palaeolithic cave art (Clottes 1998 ; Valladas et al. 2001). Painted caves were previously, for the most part, classified according to a stylistic chronology devised by Andr’e Leroi-Gourhan (1965), which would place theChauvet paintings in the Solutrean period (between 22 000 and 18 000 years ago). Although some scholars still have reservations (Z¨uchner 1999 ; Pettit & Bahn, 2003), it appears reasonable to accept this new dating and to put aside an evolutionary stylistic chronological scheme. The implication is that Palaeolithic art is a dendritic phenomenon, which did not follow a linear path, evolving from a clumsy image to a naturalistic chef d’oeuvre. As Peter Ucko (1987) has suggested, it is possible to envisage the existence of several contemporary styles, be they due to differences in technical or artistic ability or to regional variations.

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Publié le samedi 29 septembre 2007
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