Chauvet Cave
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche Gorge, France. c. 32,000-30,000 BCE. Paint on limestone.
Recommended Reading
The Metropolitan Museum: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Met
Additional Material
Smithsonian.com
Finally, the Beauty of France’s Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut
Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption
New Timeline Zeros in on the Creation of the Chauvet Cave Paintings
Bradshaw Foundation
The Cave Art Paintings of the Chauvet Cave
The New Yorker
First Impressions: What does the world’s oldest art say about us?