So-called 'masks' evoking the human gaze from the depth of Altamira

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Download scientific diagram | So-called 'masks' evoking the human gaze from the depth of Altamira, Spain. Imageintegration follows the morphological Gestalt of rock shapes and the act of painting/drawing is minimally invasive and schematic. One may therefore reasonably speak of a practice of working out, highlighting, conjuring or convoking what is already implied, contained or referenced within the rock arrangements themselves. A and B: two masks from the Cola de Caballo of Altamira, Spain, taking advantage of the associative, metaphorical and morphostructural drawing powers of rock surfaces [Photographs: Heinrich Wendel, © Wedel Collection, courtesy Neanderthal Museum Mettmann]. No scale. from publication: The Animal Within: The Triple Inheritance of Late Pleistocene Rock Art | This contribution examines the multispecies matrix of parietal art-making in early human evolution. While the habitual production of rock art is often considered to flag an irreversible departure from the hominin 'state of nature', I argue that the formation, design and | Rock Art, Wills and Imagery | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.