Art--You Philistines

[Ex-California]

Yeah, I was like, MINDBLOWN

[de officiis]

Andrew Wyeth, "Open House, 1980"

[Speaker to Animals]

One of my favorites.

[de officiis]

Lascaux 4 - the latest effort to make the Lascaux cave paintings accessible to the public. Probably worth a visit if you're in France.

[Montegriffo]

Lascaux 4 - the latest effort to make the Lascaux cave paintings accessible to the public. Probably worth a visit if you're in France.

Talking of prehistoric places to visit in France, Roque Saint-Christophe occupied right up to medieval times.



















great elevator too

[de officiis]

Wow, I'd love to spend a day at that place. Thanks!

[Montegriffo]

Wow, I'd love to spend a day at that place. Thanks!

I reckon I could live in a house like this for the rest of my days, not too far from my place in France I must go and have a look next time I'm there.......



Bet internet connection is rubbish though.

[Montegriffo]

Or maybe this place which is only about 10 miles away.....





Catfish and otters in the moat, everything you need in a home except a drawbridge.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Catfish and otters in the moat, everything you need in a home except a drawbridge.

It's missing one very important thing, tho....

There are far too many 90kg projectiles within 300m of the walls...

[Okeefenokee]

Lascaux 4 - the latest effort to make the Lascaux cave paintings accessible to the public. Probably worth a visit if you're in France.

I saw a recreation of it in the Deutsche museum in Munich. They had the old black and white photos from inside the caves when they were making the plaster molds to recreate the surface in the museum. Cool stuff. A lot bigger in person than you can tell from photos.