Examples of Upper Paleolithic remains associated with religious beliefs include the lion man, the Venus figurines, cave paintings from Chauvet Cave and the elaborate ritual burial from Sungir.

Mostly, animals were painted, not only animals that were used as food but also animals that represented strength like the rhinoceros or large Felidae, as in the Chauvet Cave.

Murals of sorts date to Upper Paleolithic times such as the paintings in the Chauvet Cave in Ardèche department of southern France ( around 30, 000 BC ).

In paleolithic times, mostly animals were painted, in theory ones that were used as food or represented strength, such as the rhinoceros or large cats ( as in the Chauvet Cave ).

The Cave of Chauvet in the Ardèche département, France, contains the most important cave paintings of the paleolithic era, dating from about 31, 000 BCE.

Herzog completed a documentary called Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 2010, which shows Herzog's journey into the Chauvet Cave in France.

* Chauvet Cave

30, 000 year old spotted hyena painting found in the Chauvet Cave.

* Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d ' Arc, France

* 30, 000 BC in art-paintings at Chauvet Cave in France ; Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel

Drawings of horses from Chauvet Cave

The Chauvet Cave is uncharacteristically large and the quality, quantity, and condition of the artwork found on its walls have been called spectacular.

Paintings in the Chauvet Cave

Paintings in the Chauvet Cave on Post stamp of Romania 2001

Rather than depicting only the familiar herbivores that predominate in Paleolithic cave art, i. e. horses, cattle, mammoths, etc., the walls of the Chauvet Cave feature many predatory animals, e. g., cave lions, panthers, bears, and cave hyenas.

Currently there are plans to create a facsimile of Chauvet Cave, on the model of the so-called " Faux Lascaux ", that would be open to the general public.

* Cave of Forgotten Dreams-a documentary film about Chauvet Cave by Werner Herzog

* Ancient Grand Masters: Chauvet Cave, France A brief article by Jean Clottes of the French Ministry of Culture, responsible for overseeing the authentication of the contents and art of the cave

* Chauvet Cave ( ca.

* Chauvet Cave The cave paintings and rock art of Chauvet, with contributions by Jean Clottes

simple: Chauvet Cave

* December 18 – Chauvet Cave discovered by Jean-Marie Chauvet and other speleologists near Vallon-Pont-d ' Arc in the Ardèche department of southern France, containing some of the earliest known cave paintings of animals, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.

The oldest known paintings are at the Grotte Chauvet in France, claimed by some historians to be about 32, 000 years old.

The second-oldest known cave art is that of Chauvet in France, the paintings of which may be 35, 000 years old according to radiocarbon dating, and date back to 33, 000 BCE ( Upper Paleolithic ).

One of the most famous examples of parietal art is the Grotte Chauvet in France.

Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d ' Arc, France

Cave lions in the Chauvet Cave, France

The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d ' Arc.

The cave was first explored by a group of three speleologists: Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet, for whom it was named.

* Chauvet cave An enthusiast site with photographs and articles.

Chauvet cave art depicting a woolly rhino

Discovered in 1994 and dating from 30, 000 BCE, Chauvet cave comprises two main parts.

The oldest unequivocal examples of prehistoric art date to this period, the Aurignacian and the Gravettian periods of prehistoric Europe, such as the Venus figurines and cave painting ( Chauvet Cave ) and the earliest musical instruments ( the bone pipe of Geissenklösterle, Germany, dated to about 36, 000 years ago ).

This art includes cave paintings, such as the famous paintings at Pech Merle in the Lot in Languedoc which date back to 16, 000 BC, Lascaux, located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne, dating back to between 13, 000 and 15, 000 BC, or perhaps, as far back as 25, 000 BC, the Cosquer Cave, the Chauvet Cave, and the Trois-Frères cave ; and portable art, such as animal carvings and great goddess stauettes called Venus figurines, such as the " Venus of Brassempouy " of 21, 000 BC, discovered in the Landes, now in the museum at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Depictions have existed from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves, through virtually all ancient and medieval cultures where they once occurred.

The spotted hyena has a long history of interaction with humanity ; depictions of the species exist from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves.

* Reciprocal Distillations ( Hot Whiskey Press, 2007 ), a collection of poems on art and artists, including Caravaggio, Leon Golub, Unica Zürn, Henri Michaux, Corot, Joan Mitchell, Henry Darger, African sculpture, Neolithic standing stones, and the Upper Paleolithic Chauvet Cave

The radiocarbon dates from these samples show that there were two periods of creation in Chauvet: 35, 000 years ago and 30, 000 years ago.

The radiocarbon dates from these samples suggest that there were two periods of creation in Chauvet: 35, 000 years ago and 30, 000 years ago.

Notable Samsons have included Francesco Tamagno, Enrico Caruso, Charles Dalmorès, Paul Franz, Fernand Ansseau, Georges Thill, Guy Chauvet, Giovanni Martinelli, José Luccioni, Richard Tucker, Jon Vickers, and Ramón Vinay.

** 4 April 1957 – 29 January 1958 Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet ( b. 1904 ), also the last of the long list of Governors-general since 28 June 1908 ( before it had five Commissioners-general since 27 April 1886 )

Molly also discovers his great secret: Osborne has married for love, to a French Roman Catholic ex-nursery maid, Aimee ( Tonia Chauvet ), whom he has established in a secret cottage.

Régine Crespin sang Didon, with Geneviève Serrès as Cassandre, Jacqueline Broudeur as Anna, Guy Chauvet as Énée, Robert Massard as Chorèbe and Georges Vaillant as Narbal.

Several of these artists, in particular Crespin and Chauvet, participated in a set of extended highlights commercially recorded by EMI in 1965, Georges Prêtre conducting.

San Francisco Opera staged a heavily cut version of the opera ( reducing it to about 3 hours ), billed as the “ American professional stage premiere ,” in 1966, with French soprano Régine Crespin as both Cassandra and Dido and Canadian tenor Jon Vickers as Aeneas, and again in 1968 with Ms. Crespin and Guy Chauvet ; Jean Périsson conducted all performances.

Chauvet ( 1996 ) has a detailed account of the discovery.