Graphic communication dates back thousands of years, with some of the first forms appearing BC. Despite their simplicity, designed works from the Paleolithic Era contain the most foundational design methods of communication and transference of information seen across human history.
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Decorated block from the Oreille d'Enfer, showing two small herbivores.
Length 108 cm, width 77 cm, thickness 38 cm.
The Cave of the Oreille d'Enfer, a classified historical monument, opens from the valley of the Gorge d'Enfer in Eyzies-de-Tayac. Explored in 1864, it became famous mainly because of the decoration on the walls attributed to the recent Perigordian, discovered in 1922. The principal motif, detached from the wall in 1960, for reasons of conservation, is composed of two small herbivores, without horns or antlers, perhaps superimposed according to Breuil as a large animal, possibly a rhinoceros.
This scene was part of a larger whole which remains on site: the rock bench includes six series of cupules, groups of three or five around a central larger cavity, evoking an
