Prehistoric Rock Art

Polemics and Progress

Paul G. Bahn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

2010
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-19278-1 (ISBN)

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Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the 'shamanic' interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006.

Paul G. Bahn is one of the world's leading scholars and popularizers of archaeology. The author or co-author of more than thirty books, he is the author of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art. His articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Nature, and he is an editorial consultant to Archaeology Magazine, DIG, and Antiquity.

Introduction; 1. Art on the rocks; 2. Myths and meanings; 3. The emperor's new clothes I: sloppy tailoring; 4. The emperor's new clothes II: fashion disasters; 5. Location, location, location; 6. The votive motive; 7. Mustn't crumble; Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.6.2010
Zusatzinfo	90 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	183 x 261 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-521-19278-1 / 0521192781
ISBN-13	978-0-521-19278-1 / 9780521192781
Zustand	Neuware