The nature of Paleolithic art / R. Dale Guthrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guthrie, R. Dale, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleolithic period.

Art, Prehistoric.

Cave paintings.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

xii, 507 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Summary:

The monumental "The Nature of Paleolithic Art offers a radical interpretation of Paleolithic art as artifacts of a living society rather than the precursor to Western modes of representation.

Contents:

Preface: Reassembling the Bones viii

1 Drawn from Life 1

2 Paleolithic Artists as Naturalists 51

3 Tracking Down the Pleistocene Artists: The Unemphasized Role of Children 113

4 Testosterone Events and Paleolithic Imagery 151

5 The Art of Hunting Large Mammals 209

6 Full-Figured Women-In Ivory and in Life 303

7 The Evolution of Art Behavior in the Paleolithic 373

8 Bands to Tribes: The End of the Pleistocene and the Extinguishing of Paleolithic Art 401

9 Throwing the Bones: Paleolithic Art and the Evolution of the Supernatural 435

Appendix 1 Paleolithic Handprint Analysis, by Arny Blanchard 461

Appendix 2 An Intuitive Way to Look at the Hand Biometrics Using Bivariate Plots 463

Some Words of Thanks 471.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-496) and index.

ISBN:

0226311260

OCLC:

55729925

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