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The world’s oldest art, now in 6K IMAX

The world’s oldest art, now in 6K IMAX

The earliest paintings were made over 32,000 years ago - the very first forms of art and culture. They weren't discovered until 1994, when cave explorers in France stumbled into the Chauvet Cave. More than a decade later, filmmaker Werner Herzog was allowed rare access to the highly guarded prehisto...

The earliest paintings were made over 32,000 years ago - the very first forms of art and culture. They weren't discovered until 1994, when cave explorers in France stumbled into the Chauvet Cave. More than a decade later, filmmaker Werner Herzog was allowed rare access to the highly guarded prehistoric site to shoot what would become the lauded 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. It is a strange and moving film, one wherein Herzog convincingly argues, in his heavily enunciated German accent, that these caverns are the birthplace of "ze mo-dern hu-man soul." Fifteen years since its premiere, the movie has achieved a cult-like status, and …

Read the full story at The Verge.