The mind in the cave : conciousness and the origins of art /
Lewis-Williams, J. David.
The mind in the cave : conciousness and the origins of art / David Lewis-Williams. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2004, c2002. - 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index.
Preface -- Three caves : three time-bytes -- Discovering human antiquity -- Seeking answers -- Creative illusion -- Matter of the mind -- Case study 1 : Southern African San rock art -- Case study 2 : North American rock art -- Origin of image-making -- Cave in the mind -- Cave and community -- Cave and conflict -- Envoi.
The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols, depicted on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? How did these images spring, sophisticated and fully formed, seemingly from nowhere, into the human story? David Lewis-Williams skillfully interweaves a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights to offer a convincing account of how we became human and, in the process, began to make art.
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Cave paintings--History--To 1500.
Art, Prehistoric.
Art and anthropology.
The mind in the cave : conciousness and the origins of art / David Lewis-Williams. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2004, c2002. - 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index.
Preface -- Three caves : three time-bytes -- Discovering human antiquity -- Seeking answers -- Creative illusion -- Matter of the mind -- Case study 1 : Southern African San rock art -- Case study 2 : North American rock art -- Origin of image-making -- Cave in the mind -- Cave and community -- Cave and conflict -- Envoi.
The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols, depicted on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? How did these images spring, sophisticated and fully formed, seemingly from nowhere, into the human story? David Lewis-Williams skillfully interweaves a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights to offer a convincing account of how we became human and, in the process, began to make art.
0500284652 9780500284650
GBA4-Y8648
0500284652 Uk
Cave paintings--History--To 1500.
Art, Prehistoric.
Art and anthropology.