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Author
Publisher
Terrail
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Art history recognizes the fact that the discovery of the first Western European prehistoric ornate caves of Altamira (Spain), one hundred years ago, the Lascaux caves in 1940 (France) and the Chauvet one in 1994 (France), gave birth to a period of wonder and questionning about the function of these images, some of which are more than 30 000 years old. Recent research across the 5 continents shows that these figurative and symbolic expressions reminiscent...
Author
Series
Ancient peoples and places volume 93
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Where do we find the world's very first art? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms and colors? Were our once-cousins, the Neanderthals, also capable of creating art? Prehistorians have been asking these questions of our ancestors for decades, but only very recently, with the development of cutting-edge scientific and archaeological techniques, have we been able to piece together the first chapter in the story...
12) Cave art
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In pictures and words, David tells the story of this mysterious world of decorated caves, from the oldest known "painting kits", found virtually intact after their use 100,000 years ago in South Africa, to the magnificent murals of the European Ice Age that are so famous today. Showcasing the most astounding discoveries made in the past 150 years of archaeological exploration, Cave Art explores these creative achievements, from our remotest ancestors...