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CENTRE 1 Cave paintings at Lascaux and and Chauvet- Pont-d’Arc

1) Why do these paintings appear on the walls of the cave? 2) What messages were they trying to convey?

Discuss these 2 questions using the discussion tab above.


 * [[image:http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/img/diapo03.jpg width="559" height="293" caption="cave painting1"]] ||
 * cave painting1 ||


 * [[image:http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/img/fond04.jpg width="572" height="275" align="center" caption="cp2"]] ||
 * cp2 ||
 * [[image:http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/img/pancheva.jpg width="596" height="321" caption="cp3"]] ||
 * cp3 ||
 * [[image:http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/img/1g201.jpg width="614" height="246" caption="cp4"]] ||
 * cp4 ||
 * [[image:http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/img/1g214.jpg width="570" height="238" align="center" caption="cp5"]] ||
 * cp5 ||

To explore the caves and understand them in more detail, visit these 2 websites. IMPORTANT! Go there only after you have answered the 2 questions above and had a class discussion.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/