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

Cook, Jill

Verlag: London: British Museum Press, 2013

Beschreibung

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 288 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 26 cm. Notes: Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum, London, 7 February-26 May 2013. Includes bibliographical references (p. 280) and index. Contents: 1. Introduction: the arrival of the modern mind -- 2. Europe's oldest sculptures, 30,000-40,000 years ago -- 3. Soft curves and full figures: female sculptures, 30,000-20,000 years ago -- 4. Art and identity, 40,000-20,000 years ago -- 5. Animals in art, 30,000-20,000 years ago -- 6. Renaissance art in Western Europe, 22,000-12,000 years ago -- 7. Sex or symbol? Images of women, 18,000-11,000 years ago -- 8. Late drawings, sculptures and stories, 15,000-10,000 years ago. Subjects: British Museum; Exhibitions. Art, Prehistoric; Exhibitions. Glacial epoch; Exhibitions.Europe Antiquities Exhibition. Art, Prehistoric. Glacial epoch. Art, Prehistoric Europe.Genre: Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated. 3 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 319394

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ice Age art: the arrival of the modern mind ...

Verlag: London: British Museum Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 2013

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: 1st edition.