The correct answer is option C, the Lascaux caves.
What is the painting known as?
The name of the painting is "The Shaft of the Dead Man" a cave painting in France's Lascaux cave. Featuring a bison that has been disemboweled and a man with a bird-shaped head.
It is a 17,000 years old cave painting.
What is the significance of the paintings found in the Lascaux caves?
The cave paintings at Lascaux in southeast France capture the style and subject matter of many of our forefathers' early artistic work.
Archeologists interpret these and other Ice Age rock art discoveries as evidence of the emergence of a new, uniquely human consciousness.
The Lascauxpaintings, like similar artwork found in other Western European countries, most notably Spain, represent an early indication of man's desire to make sense of his surroundings through artistic expression.
