Description |
xxxii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Series |
Cambridge illustrated history |
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Cambridge illustrated history.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
How prehistoric art was discovered by the world of scholarship, what it consists of, and how it can shed light on the lives of our ancestors |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index |
Subject |
Art, Prehistoric -- Australia.
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Art, Prehistoric.
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LC no. |
96051099 |
ISBN |
0521454735 |
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