Paleolithic Art: Image Collections and Museums
These resources are collections of Paleolithic art images, whether they exist only online or in the web presence of a brick-and-mortar museum.
Ice Age Art
Organized by the Texas Humanities Resource Center, this site is full of images of both carvings and figurines, as well as a world map (of finds) and photos from discovery and dig sites. (Navigating from either the left or right menus takes you to exactly the same places.) Visit the Exhibit Essay for a Paleolithic art bibliography.
Organized by the Texas Humanities Resource Center, this site is full of images of both carvings and figurines, as well as a world map (of finds) and photos from discovery and dig sites. (Navigating from either the left or right menus takes you to exactly the same places.) Visit the Exhibit Essay for a Paleolithic art bibliography.
The State Hermitage Museum: Paleolithic Art
Paleolithic items represented by artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai, as well as Venus figurines from the Malta (Siberia), Maininsk (Siberia) and Kostenky I (River Don) Settlements.
Paleolithic items represented by artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai, as well as Venus figurines from the Malta (Siberia), Maininsk (Siberia) and Kostenky I (River Don) Settlements.
Prehistoric Art Virtual Museum
Conveniently divided into Cave art and portable art. This is the English version of what is a Russian site.
Conveniently divided into Cave art and portable art. This is the English version of what is a Russian site.
Prehistoric Art of the Pyrenees
A large online collection (from the French Ministry of Culture) of artifacts from the Pyrenees. Images of decorated tools and weapons, and engravings and carvings on bone, stone, antler and ivory - all from Magdalenian times. Follow "Itinerary" to get to the images.
A large online collection (from the French Ministry of Culture) of artifacts from the Pyrenees. Images of decorated tools and weapons, and engravings and carvings on bone, stone, antler and ivory - all from Magdalenian times. Follow "Itinerary" to get to the images.