I have been obsessed with cave paintings for a while! I was in the Niaux cave for the second time this Summer - incredible! Also incredible, this essay by T.J. Clark on such caves and paintings: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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T.J. Clark · Night Visitors: Miniaturised Universe
The world exceeds us. It comes to us out of darkness. The cave is the universe, the nightly presence of that unknown...