In April 1937, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition that served as a catalyst for the appropriation of prehistoric rock art in postwar abstract painting. With the title Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa, it disp...Lasīt vairāk
Fish imagery and symbolism in Mesopotamian art can be examined from various perspectives. It may be studied in a historical context, exploring the stylistic evolution through different periods; as a social history, analysing how societal conditions...Lasīt vairāk
Sally Barnden, Gordon McMullan, Kate Retford, Kirsten Tambling
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Mar-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198923152)
Explores the extent to which members of the royal family have appropriated the creative legacy of Shakespeare, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, in order to shore up royal and national ideologies and to assert the legitima...Lasīt vairāk
The monograph is devoted to the material culture of the Early Bronze Age of The Mil-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. At the same time, the settlements and grave monuments in these areas and the natural geographical conditions of this land were studied...Lasīt vairāk
Over 40,000 years ago modern Homo sapiens spread across the European continent. Archaeological finds attributed to these early human beings were produced on the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany, especially in the caves of the Ach and Lone valleys. S...Lasīt vairāk
The Lone and Ach valleys on the Swabian Jura, and the surrounding areas, represent a remarkable archaeological landscape. The Lone and Ach valleys on the Swabian Jura, and the surrounding areas, represent a remarkable archaeological landscape...Lasīt vairāk
Publication of results from the conference on early symbolic culture and the evolution of behavioral modernity, held as part of the Hugo Obermaier Meeting in Heidenheim, Germany. Publication of results from the conferen...Lasīt vairāk
An overview of different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics, which seeks to advance the field through innovative approaches to the study of, for instance, archaeomusicology, neuroacoustics, psychoacoustics, portable and fixed lithophones...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: British Museum Press, ISBN-13: 9780861592258)
First complete publication of one of the most important Iron Age sites in Europe at Snettisham, Norfolk. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Iron Age culture For over 60 years, spectacular discoveries have been made on...Lasīt vairāk
Despite vanishing from Earth 66 million years ago, dinosaurs are one of our favorite cultural fascinations. In this history of paleoart, Zoė Lescaze and Walton Ford scour the globe for dinosaur paintings, drawings, prints, mosaics, and murals. This...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Aug-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: McDonald Institute Monographs, ISBN-13: 9781913344221)
The sanctuary at Kavos on Keros was discovered in 1963 in the aftermath of looting in the region of the sanctuary now designated the Special Deposit North. From 2006-2008, excavations in the Special Deposit South (now fully published in Volumes II an...Lasīt vairāk
Focusing on the Eastern half of Stod, this is the third in a series of five volumes that comprehensively document rock art in Upper Tibet. It examines a panoply of graphic evidence found on stone surfaces, supplying an unprecedented view of the long-...Lasīt vairāk
Ideas and Images argues that the development of symbols and signs informing scripts, mainly the idea of coding thoughts through symbols and images, has always been uniquely historical. Rock art abuts and occupies long periods of time, from the Meso...Lasīt vairāk
For speleologists and holidaymakers alike, here is an essential handbook. The first guide to all the decorated Ice Age caves in Europe that are open to the public, fully revised and updated for a third edition, this book covers more than 50 caves in...Lasīt vairāk
The Bronze Age (1700500 BCE) petroglyphs of southern Scandinavia comprise a unique tradition of rock art in northern Eurasia. Despite a limited repertoire of motifs such as cupmarks, boats, anthropomorphs, zoomorphs, podomorphs and circles, it shows...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Apr-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University Press of Florida, ISBN-13: 9780813069920)
This book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of Pre-Columbian art dating to the fifteenth century, showing how the manuscripts intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas related to Mesoamerican myths and r...Lasīt vairāk
The Art of Elam CA. 4200525 BC offers a view of, and a critical reflection on, the art history of one of the worlds first and least-known civilizations, illuminating a significant chapter of our human past. ...Lasīt vairāk
