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Ice Age art : the arrival of the modern mind / Jill Cook.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : The British Museum Press, 2013.Description: 288 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780714123332
  • 0714123331
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Contents:
Introduction: the arrival of the modern mind -- Europe's oldest sculptures: 30,000-40,000 years ago -- Soft curves and full figures: female sculptures: 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Art and identity: 40,000-20,000 years ago -- Animals in art: 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Renaissance art in Western Europe: 22,000-12,000 years ago -- Sex or symbol? Images of women: 18,000-11,000 years ago -- Late drawings, sculptures and stories: 15,000-10,000 years ago.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the British Museum, London, 7 February - 26 May 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.

Introduction: the arrival of the modern mind -- Europe's oldest sculptures: 30,000-40,000 years ago -- Soft curves and full figures: female sculptures: 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Art and identity: 40,000-20,000 years ago -- Animals in art: 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Renaissance art in Western Europe: 22,000-12,000 years ago -- Sex or symbol? Images of women: 18,000-11,000 years ago -- Late drawings, sculptures and stories: 15,000-10,000 years ago.