What Formal Artistic Devices Did the Artists of the Chauvet

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Essay

What formal artistic devices did the artists of the Chauvet Cave in southeastern France use to convey images of horses,mammoths,aurochs,and other animals?

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Definitions:

Jawed Fishes

Vertebrates possessing a jawbone, including most modern fish species, enabling varied diets and ecological niches.

Cretaceous Era

A geological epoch that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Mesozoic Era, known for the extinction of dinosaurs.

Meteor Impact

The collision of a meteoroid with the Earth or another planet, causing effects ranging from craters to climate changes depending on the size and speed of the meteoroid.

Extinction

The process through which a species ceases to exist due to the death of its last remaining members.