The First Artists: In Search of the World's Oldest Art

The First Artists: In Search of the World's Oldest Art
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages : 459
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ISBN-10 : 9780500773925
ISBN-13 : 0500773920
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Book Synopsis The First Artists: In Search of the World's Oldest Art by : Paul Bahn

Download or read book The First Artists: In Search of the World's Oldest Art written by Paul Bahn and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art delve hundreds of thousands of years into the human past to discover the earliest works of art ever made, drawing on decades of new research Where is the world’s very first art located? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms, and colors? Prehistorians have long been asking these questions, but only recently have they been able to piece together the first chapter in the story of art. Overturning the traditional Eurocentric vision of our artistic origins, Paul Bahn and Michel Lorblanchet seek out the earliest art across the whole world. There are clues that even three million years ago distant human ancestors were drawn to natural curiosities that appeared representational, such as the face-like “Makapansgat cobble" from South Africa, not carved but naturally weathered to resemble a human face. In the last hundred thousand years people all over the world began to create art: the oldest known paint palettes in South Africa’s Blombos Cave, the famous Venus figures across Europe all the way to Siberia, and magnificent murals on cave walls in every continent except Antarctica. This book is the first to assess the discovery, history, and significance of these varied forms of art: the artistic impulse developed in the human mind wherever it traveled.


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