tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3802456907523806236..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: "After Altamira, All is Decadence" Carol DrinkwaterMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27260868806439127982015-05-19T21:51:20.901+01:002015-05-19T21:51:20.901+01:00The April 2015 "Smithsonian" magazine ha...The April 2015 "Smithsonian" magazine has an article about the cave replica and the art works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761667655934393397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70158839564051987962015-04-27T14:22:39.647+01:002015-04-27T14:22:39.647+01:00Beautiful. I think the same happened at Lascaux? B...Beautiful. I think the same happened at Lascaux? By the time we visited the caves were closed off, and a fibreglass replica open.Kate Lord Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8515857294877554322015-04-27T07:36:42.713+01:002015-04-27T07:36:42.713+01:00Given the size of the hands and something about th...Given the size of the hands and something about the sensibility of them, I would also think that they are the hands of women. As I wrote in the post, I like to think that most of the artwork has been achieved by women. Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66843870081169843952015-04-26T20:19:31.653+01:002015-04-26T20:19:31.653+01:00What a wonderful thing - thank you for posting abo...What a wonderful thing - thank you for posting about it!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-537856429966276192015-04-26T19:21:37.269+01:002015-04-26T19:21:37.269+01:00I saw some 25 000 year old handprints last year, a...I saw some 25 000 year old handprints last year, at a cave called Pech Merle, in South West France, and was stunned by them; they seemed so fresh, as if they'd only just been done. And yes - apparently many of them were done by women or teenagers. Lovely piece!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27593834932018866722015-04-26T15:32:30.555+01:002015-04-26T15:32:30.555+01:00Oh my goodness what a spectacular account of these...Oh my goodness what a spectacular account of these so special caves. Your words penetrate my soul. Thank you for sharing xCherie lomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594795193899527542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30329055923353672462015-04-26T13:48:18.383+01:002015-04-26T13:48:18.383+01:00Beautifully said, Ms. Drinkwater! I have studied ...Beautifully said, Ms. Drinkwater! I have studied and taught about cave paintings for years. Seeing the originals must have been like traveling in time. I am glad that the replicas are as inspiring as you describe.The Vixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431926586669789289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34078788665282948242015-04-26T13:14:06.273+01:002015-04-26T13:14:06.273+01:00Lovely to read this and hear that the wonder was i...Lovely to read this and hear that the wonder was in no way diminished by it being a reproduction, and that a true copy allows more people to enjoy and learn from the original - rather like the digitisation of documents (see yesterday's post - I'm all for less snobbery and more sharing!)<br /><br />And wonderful timing for me: I had just been finished reading Rebecca Mascull's thought-provoking new novel 'The Song of the Seamaid' (which you can win in June's History Girls competition) and learned that a recent study suggests three-quarters of those ancient handprints/hand stencils you mention were actually made by women: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131008-women-handprints-oldest-neolithic-cave-art/<br /><br />Thanks so much for this lovely post. Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9898245191051181692015-04-26T09:39:45.877+01:002015-04-26T09:39:45.877+01:00A beautiful post. Thank you. There are almost no w...A beautiful post. Thank you. There are almost no words for these paintings, but you beautifully express how they make us feel.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com