Different times

Bison licking its shoulder, from La Madeleine

I am in England at the moment and have no access to the Art department database of work. Until next week, I might not be able to share with you images of our students work. But I can still share with you extraordinary things that I stumble upon. Today I received a link to an article from The Guardian concerning the artefact shown in the picture above. "The mammoth that trampled on the history of mankind" talks about the discovery of this ivory carving artefact in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. It talks about the importance of this finding in the attempt to determine if human beings existed at the same time as mammoths. The carving seems to support that theory. 

 I am sharing this here in our blog especially for our year 12 students. We have recently spoken about the importance of exploring art from different cultures and times. It is an essential criteria of the course. 

 This is a great example of artistic expression in pre-historic times.