Complex Composition in Frescoes by Prehistoric Human Beings

Because many drawings in prehistoric frescos overlap one another, it isn't easy to figure out the meaning of the artwork, therefore they must be carefully examined. Although the drawings are quite crowded and complex, they are arranged by certain rules. Mr. Jiri Mruzek from Canada thinks that these frescoes contain X-ray vision, cubic perspective and complex geometric composition and rules. (For detailed illustrations, please refer to the article The Complex Engravings) [1].

A drawing below is a fresco [2] discovered in the cave of Les Trois Freres in the French Pyrenees. In the drawing, there are many horses and other animals overlapping layer upon layer. Some of them are drawn inverted and so it is very difficult to tell what is drawn in the picture. Through a careful examination by experts, an image of a knight is found among the many animals. His sleeves are rolled up. He wears a vest, a broad belt, and a pair of boots. A dagger is inserted in the scabbard that is located at his left boot. The left hand of the knight is in the left pocket of his trousers. His long hair appears to be flying in the wind, which exactly looks like the image of an animal. How can primitive people at the late stage of the Paleolithic Age draw such a complex picture? Also how could they have know how to wear boots?

There is a knight among the animals in this complex drawing. (Cave of Les Trois Freres, France. Copyright: Jiri Mruzek)

Currently, scientists think that the Cromagnons of the Neolithic Age of France understood horses better than other races in the same time period. Based on the drawing of the knight, it is obvious that their understanding of horses was not superficial but had achieved the same level of that of those who lived during the the medieval times of human civilisation.

Another drawing, of a girl, was discovered in the cave of La Marche that more completely manifested the dress and life of human beings at that time [3]. The girl in the drawing is dressed up as a hunter. On her back, a cape is fluttering in the wind. She wears a leather hat and tall boots on her feet and she appears to be staring towards the sky. Her position looks as if she is riding a horse. In fact, there is a horse in the original drawing but it is too obscure to be distinguished in this picture.