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 Argentina (15[1])comprise over 2,000 black and red hands. After viewing works (15[1])of this type, the phrase (15[1])“we have invented nothing!” was apocryphally declared by (*) Pablo Picasso. The Polychrome Ceiling, which features several depictions of bison, is part of a large group (10[1])of works of this type in Altamira. A 17-foot auroch (-5[1])is one of many works of this type in the Hall of the Bulls at the Lascaux complex. For 10 points, 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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