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Ice Age art : the arrival of the modern mind
- Title
- Ice Age art : the arrival of the modern mind / Jill Cook.
- Author
- Cook, J. (Jill)
- Publication
- London : The British Museum Press, 2013.
- ©2013
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 17-482 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- British Museum, host institution.
- Description
- 288 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- This unique and remarkable work explores the extraordinary creative explosion that happened during the last European Ice Age, between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, when the very first figurative art was created.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the arrival of the modern mind -- Europe's oldest sculptures : 30,000-40,000 years ago -- Soft curves and full figures : female sculptures : 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Art and identity : 40,000-20,000 years ago -- Animals in art : 30,000-20,000 years ago -- Renissance art in Western Europe : 22,000-12,000 years ago -- Sex or symbol? Images of women : 18,000-11,000 years ago -- Late drawings, sculptures and stories : 15,000-10,000 years ago.
- Call Number
- JQF 17-482
- ISBN
- 9780714123332
- 0714123331
- OCLC
- 800642597
- Author
- Cook, J. (Jill), author.
- Title
- Ice Age art : the arrival of the modern mind / Jill Cook.
- Publisher
- London : The British Museum Press, 2013.
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.
- Added Author
- British Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 17-482