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Finnish rock art. A woman figure with a bow - the Tellervo of Astuva - a rarity among the rock paintings. Finnish rock art pictographs created during the Stone Age have been found at 127 sites around Finland. They consist mainly of brownish-red figures and markings painted onto steep granite walls, often overlooking waterways.
The Astuvansalmi rock paintings ( Finnish: Astuvansalmen kalliomaalaukset) are located in Ristiina, Mikkeli, Southern Savonia, Finland at the shores of the lake Yövesi, which is a part of the large lake Saimaa. The paintings are 7.7 to 11.8 metres above the water-level of lake Saimaa. The lake level was much higher at the time the rock ...
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May 14, 2020 · A large collection of over 70 paintings from over five millennia ago still adorn various rocks. Archaeologists believe that the location is a shamanistic ritual site, where hunting rituals were ...
The Finnish academic drawing tradition began at Royal Academy of Turku in 1707 when first instructions of drawing was given. In 1824 The School moves with the University to Helsinki and first Finland’s art exhibition was organised at the Drawing School in the autumn of 1845. Painting was rising in Golden era of Finnish art in 1880s, when ...
The Finland Rock Art Gallery presents a selection of photographs by Ismo Luukkonen, who has documented rock art sites throughout Finland. All known prehistoric paintings in Finland are made with red ochre; most are modest in appearance, sometimes with figures and sometimes with just a smear of red colour. The Finnish rock paintings were ...
The Hossa Värikallio rock paintings are amongst the largest prehistoric rock paintings in Finland. The pictures on the rock wall rising from Lake Somerjärvi were painted in the Stone Age, i.e. about 3,500 - 4,500 years ago. Rock Paintings - Tales from across the Ages. The rock paintings are located along a water route that was used in ancient ...
