Cave Art Vocabulary

Tectiform- Shapes resembling man-made structures found painted on the walls of Paleolithic caves.

incising- Cutting into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal or pottery.

abstracting- In painting and sculpture, emphasizig a derived, essential character that has only a stylized or symbolic visual reference to objects in nature.

megaliths- Literally, "Great Stone"; a large, roughly hewnstone used in the construction of monumental, prehistoric structures.

megaliths

twisted perspective-

cromlech- A circle of monoliths.

cromlec

dolmen- Several large stones (megaliths) capped with a covering slab, erected in prehistoric times.

dolmen

trilithon- A pair of monoliths topped witha lintel; found in megalithic structures.

trilithon

shamanism-

naturalism- The docrine that art should adhert as closely as possible to the appearance of the natural world.

medium- The substance in which an artist works; also, in painting, the medium of carrying the pigment.

conceptualism-