The visual perception of deities from the Palaeolithic to the present : faces of gods / Peter Hupfauf [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hupfauf, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idols and images--Europe--History.

Idols and images.

Gods in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Considering that figurines, such as the Venus from Willendorf, or the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel were already created approximately 30,000 years ago, it must be assumed that humans have had a desire to see a visual expression of their sacred beings for an exceedingly prolonged period of time. It is dialectical that visual interpretations of deities always result in a physical/body structure, resembling the shape of humans. This book is a fusion of multiple independent investigations regarding visual interpretations of deities and religions over a period of 30,000 years. A survey about the psychological necessity for humans to create images of gods and goddesses provides the background for the book's presentation of images of deities, placed in a historical context. An accompanying text supports the illustrations to position them accordingly.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Epilogue

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-6403-7

OCLC:

1231611092