Oldest confirmed cave art is a single red dot

[zvos1]

It is now obvious that "street" photography started as "cave photography", however cavemen could never agree what constituted cave photography. Some cavemen argued that anything painted in the cave and around cave was it but others insisted that only candid black and white paintings were geniune cave art.

 

[tjh]

Wow, the forum says this thread that was started an hour ago has had 12,907 views already. There must be a lot of people who appreciate cave art, or else the copyright lawyers are gearing up for a massive infringement lawsuit against Leica. Maybe a class action suit with all of humanity in the class.

Humans can't sue - The injured class weren't humans.

(Sorry I just noticed that someone beat me to this.)

 

[Paulbe]

This absolutely proves Leica was the first, and therefore the best.
Conclusively.
No further need to look...
Paul

 

[igi]

I went to the next news... the one who painted the red dot was confirmed to be a dentist 🙂

 

[Jamie Pillers]

I guess that settles it then. Now we know the answer to the age-old question: "Which came first, the dot or the camera?"

 

[reagan]

Oldest confirmed cave art is a single red dot

It is now believed that the original inhabitant of the cave was none other than the first president of the LHSA, Grob (the snob).

 

[pakeha]

some ape from the Ukraine may have wandered down there and left his mark? So who is genuine now huh?

 

[ampguy]

Likely a precursor to this modern red dot device:

 

[rxmd]

Likely a precursor to this modern red dot device:

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

...and then the Yellow Square (or was it Red Line?) people hijacked the cave.

 

[rxmd]

...and then the Yellow Square (or was it Red Line?) people hijacked the cave.

Cro-Mondrian?

 

[Sparrow]

Cro-Mondrian?

.............. 😀

 

[oftheherd]

I bought this cave in France off ebay. The seller assured me it is a real German cave from before World War II ...

It really looks good except for a hideous red dot someone painted on one of the nicer walls inside.

How much is it really worth ...

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Cro-Mondrian?

😀

They were far less creative than that.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I bought this cave in France off ebay. The seller assured me it is a real German cave from before World War II ...

It really looks good except for a hideous red dot someone painted on one of the nicer walls inside.

How much is it really worth ...

It's Soviet knock-off.

 

[astro8]

No, no, no guys...it was meant as a warning to others. Caveman recorded in paint the last thing he saw before he was flashed and temporarily blinded by a visitor from the future.

 

[lynnb]

Australian archaeologists have discovered corroborating (or is that Corroboreeing?) evidence of an international red dot dealer network 40,000 years ago:

Archaeologist Sue O'Connor at the Australian National University has found a buried fragment of rock painting preserved in the limestone rock-shelter of Carpenter's Gap in the Kimberley (near Windjana Gorge National Park) in a layer dated to 40 000 years old. The red pigment seems to be the remains of paint on a rock art fragment fallen from the ceiling above.
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/art/rockage.php

Of course service was very slow, typically taking several generations.

 

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Exact replicas of the red dot on handy sized pebbles which can be worn proudly round your neck are now available from the gift shop.

 

[jsrockit]

Leica or:



Oops, someone beat me to it...

 

[noimmunity]

As if more proof were needed that the red dot is vestigial...