The cave painters : probing the mysteries of the world's first artists
Curtis, Gregory
The cave painters : probing the mysteries of the world's first artists / Gregory Curtis - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf , 2006 - 278 p. : illus. ; 22 cm
The naked cave man -- The seductive axe; the well-clothed arrivals -- A skeptic admits his error; the passion of Miss Mary E. Boyle -- Noble Robot, an inquiring dog; the Abbe's sermons on the mount -- The great black cow; how to paint a horse -- A stormy drama among bison; the golden section -- A lively but unreliable creation; quaint, symbolic arrows -- The trident-shaped cave; pairing, not coupling -- Three brothers in a boat; the sorcerer -- A passage underwater; the skull on a rock --Strange, stylized women; the world below the world.
Looks at the cave paintings of Spain and France, examining the origins of these artworks and their creators, Cro-Magnon people who settled there centuries ago, and discusses the theories concerning the meaning of the paintings.
English
9781400043484
Cave paintings
France
Spain
QB721 / .S34 1985
REF 759.011 CUR
The cave painters : probing the mysteries of the world's first artists / Gregory Curtis - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf , 2006 - 278 p. : illus. ; 22 cm
The naked cave man -- The seductive axe; the well-clothed arrivals -- A skeptic admits his error; the passion of Miss Mary E. Boyle -- Noble Robot, an inquiring dog; the Abbe's sermons on the mount -- The great black cow; how to paint a horse -- A stormy drama among bison; the golden section -- A lively but unreliable creation; quaint, symbolic arrows -- The trident-shaped cave; pairing, not coupling -- Three brothers in a boat; the sorcerer -- A passage underwater; the skull on a rock --Strange, stylized women; the world below the world.
Looks at the cave paintings of Spain and France, examining the origins of these artworks and their creators, Cro-Magnon people who settled there centuries ago, and discusses the theories concerning the meaning of the paintings.
English
9781400043484
Cave paintings
France
Spain
QB721 / .S34 1985
REF 759.011 CUR
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