Distorted perspective - perspective tordue [France]

Japanese: 歪曲遠近法 - わいきょくえんきんほう（英語表記）perspective tordue[フランス]

This is a method of depicting animals in which the body is viewed from the side, and the horns and hooves are twisted to appear as if they are viewed from the front or three-quarters front. According to Breuil, this technique is characteristic of paintings from the Aurignacian period (Périgord culture) of the Late Paleolithic, and is not found in paintings of the Solutre or Magdalenian periods. However, subsequent research has revealed that this technique is used in paintings of the Magdalenian period, especially in the most evolved stages of animal figures such as those in the Altamira cave, and it has been concluded that this technique is universal to all Paleolithic paintings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

動物を描く際，身体は側面から見，角や蹄（ひづめ）は正面ないし4分の3正面から見たようにねじ曲げて表す方法をいう。ブルイユによると，この描法は後期旧石器時代のオーリニャック期(ペリゴール文化)の絵画の特色で，ソリュートレ期およびマドレーヌ期の絵画には見られないとされた。しかし，その後の研究によって，マドレーヌ期の絵画，それもアルタミラ洞窟の絵画のような最も進化した段階の動物像にもこの描法が用いられていることがわかり，旧石器時代の絵画全体に普遍的な描法であるとされた。

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