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What Is Paleolithic Art? - Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity

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Informationen zum Autor Jean Clottes is a prominent French archaeologist and former general inspector for archaeology and scientific advisor for prehistoric art at the French Ministry of Culture. He is the author of Cave Art , among other books. Klappentext This is a journey and a personal reflection by one of the most renowned figures in cave exploration and painting. This exploration of the art, which has captivated people the world over, continues Clottes pursuit of an explanation for the why of Paleolithic cave painting, and is steeped in his thoughts about the shamanistic explanations. Clottes summarizes the history of earlier explanations of and approaches to rock art in Southwest Europe, and then takes readers on a tour to visit rock art sites and specialists in aboriginal artists and shamans around the world. He evokes a continuum between the living rock art sites to the Ice Age sites of Chauvet, Altamira, and hundreds of others. Clottes s views illuminate the animals and figures that adorn cave walls, and his deep understanding, love, and empathy that he has for the art, imagination, and spiritual world of our Ice Age ancestors is unparalleled. "

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Authors Jean Clottes, Clottes Jean
Assisted by Oliver Martin (Translation), Oliver Y Martin (Translation), Oliver Y. Martin (Translation), Robert D Martin (Translation), Robert D. Martin (Translation), Martin Oliver Y. (Translation), Martin Robert D. (Translation)
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 19.04.2016
 
EAN 9780226266633
ISBN 978-0-226-26663-3
No. of pages 208
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries

HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, ART / History / Prehistoric, Prehistoric styles

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