Cambridge illustrated history of prehistoric art /
Bahn, Paul G.
Cambridge illustrated history of prehistoric art / by Paul G. Bahn. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - xxxii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. - Cambridge illustrated history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
Foreword / Desmond Morris 1. The 'Discovery' of Prehistoric Art 2. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Prehistoric Art Comes into its Own 3. Body Art 4. Objets d'Art 5. Art on Rocks and Walls 6. The Appliance of Science 7. Matters of the Body: Literal Interpretations of Prehistoric Art 8. Matters of the Mind: Symbolic Interpretations of Prehistoric Art 9. Current Threats and Future Prospects Map of Prehistoric Art Sites
Includes chapters on body art and rock and cave art as well as figurines and carvings on bone and pottery. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art presents the first balanced and truly world-wide survey of prehistoric art. The book also offers the first detailed account of how the world of scholarship became aware of the existence of prehistoric art, reproducing the very earliest drawings by explorers and surveyors from the 1600s onwards to create a unique pictorial as well as discursive resource. With this powerful combination of illustration and analysis, Paul Bahn describes what prehistoric art is and the different ways in which it can shed light on the lives and preoccupations of our ancestors: sexual, humorous, social, economic, and religious.
9780521454735 0521454735
Art, Prehistoric
Cambridge illustrated history of prehistoric art / by Paul G. Bahn. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - xxxii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. - Cambridge illustrated history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
Foreword / Desmond Morris 1. The 'Discovery' of Prehistoric Art 2. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Prehistoric Art Comes into its Own 3. Body Art 4. Objets d'Art 5. Art on Rocks and Walls 6. The Appliance of Science 7. Matters of the Body: Literal Interpretations of Prehistoric Art 8. Matters of the Mind: Symbolic Interpretations of Prehistoric Art 9. Current Threats and Future Prospects Map of Prehistoric Art Sites
Includes chapters on body art and rock and cave art as well as figurines and carvings on bone and pottery. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art presents the first balanced and truly world-wide survey of prehistoric art. The book also offers the first detailed account of how the world of scholarship became aware of the existence of prehistoric art, reproducing the very earliest drawings by explorers and surveyors from the 1600s onwards to create a unique pictorial as well as discursive resource. With this powerful combination of illustration and analysis, Paul Bahn describes what prehistoric art is and the different ways in which it can shed light on the lives and preoccupations of our ancestors: sexual, humorous, social, economic, and religious.
9780521454735 0521454735
Art, Prehistoric