I would really be interested to know if
>>anyone has ever come across references that may suggest people
>>noticed these paintings or engravings, and either did, or did not
>>attribute significance to them.
>>pippa skotnes
I'm not sure that my intervention will be very satisfactory, but concerning
the notice the people had of the cave painting in the Middle Age, I know
that the theme of the "Primitive man" was enough popular in the 14e and the
15e century. The "Primitive man" has been represented very often in
manuscrits, example: le Roman d'Alexandre (Paris, 14e c.), Les Chroniques de
Froissart, Fr 2646, fo 176 (Paris, 15e c.); on tapestry
(Saint-Jean-les-Saverne, 16e c.); on the stalls (ex. Cathedrale de Treguier,
Villefranche-de-Rouerque church) on witch were frequently represented coarse
figures. In their work "Art profane et religion populaire au Moyen Age",
Claude Gaignelet and Jean-Dominique Lajoux argued that the painted caves
(grottes ornees prehistoriques) were known at the end of the Middle Ages
(ex.: Gargas, Trève). Peoples lived in the caves and in some cases, caves
were used as necropolis.
Voir: "Art profane et religion populaire au Moyen Age", par Claude
Gaignelet et Jean-Dominique Lajoux, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France,
1985, p.90-98, 120-127, 238-249.
Autre reference tiree de la bibliographie du meme ouvrage: Richard
Benheimer, "Wild Men in the Middle Ages: A Study in Art, Sentiment and
Demonology, Cambridge, Harvard Un. Press, 1952, 224p.
Claire Labrecque
Laval University
Quebec.
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