Round 3: Tossup 10

“Elegant action” figures are depicted in a set of works of this type named Gwion Gwion. Elongated “claw” motifs dominate works of this type made in Sulawesi. A set of works of this type in (15[1])Argentina comprise over 2,000 (-5[1])black and red hands. (15[1])After viewing works of this type, the phrase “we have (15[1])invented nothing!” was apocryphally declared (15[1])by (*) Pablo Picasso. (10[2])The Polychrome Ceiling, (-5[1])which features several depictions of bison, is part of a large group of works of this type in Altamira. A 17-foot auroch is one of many works of this type in the Hall of the Bulls at the Lascaux complex. For 10 points, (10[1])what works were created by prehistoric people painting on walls? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: cave paintings [or cave drawings or cave art; accept parietal art; prompt on paintings by asking “what type of place are the paintings in?”; prompt on caves by asking “what is in the caves?”]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 03
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