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Show Museum shovvii silk screen copi( of prehistoric q, The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 25, 1971 , fc . ... - "' 1 ; . "' ' ' ' ' . ; 1.... '" """-'' i .. ) " -V (A . . m 0 -.or- . . " M I'.. - i " ., ; i -V - ' i X v i K , 'v. . An exhibition entitled "Prehistoric Paintings of France and Spain" opened Saturday at the Utah Museum of Natural History. The exhibit features silk screen reproductions of the famous bulls from the cave of Altamira as well as paintings and stone engravings from other sites in France and Spain. The Paleolithic paintings of both France and Spain have been attributed to Cro Magnon man. One style consists mainly of large animal figures. Artists often used natural cave surfaces to emphasize empha-size the contours of the animals portrayed. Some of the animals are riddled with arrow marks. Others are surrounded by symbols such as dots, triangles or squares which suggest that the paintings served a religious function. A second style, mostly from Eastern Spain depicts human and animal figures in hunting, fighting and ceremonial scenes. One of these poportrays a boar-hunting scene, the wounded animal in flight before seven bowmen. At the right is the figure of a dead deer, shown upside down. The reproductions were done by Douglas Mazonowicz. He has specialized in prehistoric art since 1959. The display will be on exhibit until Feb. 14. It is sponsored by the Smithonian Institution. |