- Gebundene Ausgabe: 135 Seiten
- Verlag: Harry N. Abrams (30. März 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0810932326
- ISBN-13: 978-0810932326
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 30,7 x 26,7 x 2,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.057.141 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The 1990s have witnessed a sort of renaissance in cave art, thanks to new discoveries from the south of France. Previously, the oldest examples of human art were thought to have been painted 15,000 years ago. When these three spelunkers-turned-authors happened upon the Chauvet cave (named after one of them), however, they visited an underground art gallery that had been closed for 30,000 years. It's still inaccessible today, except to specialists. But this wonderful book of pictures and text allows virtual tourists to appreciate the creations of our remotest ancestors. This may be primitive art in the literal sense of the term, but it's remarkably sophisticated.
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Before there were artists at the famous caves of Lascaux, there were artists at Chauvet and Cosquer--two caves whose paleolithic drawings remained undiscovered until the 1990s. Chauvet, in southeast France, is the most ancient; some of its vivid panels of horses, lions, and rhinoceri (beautifully reproduced here) are as much as 31,000 years old. Cosquer, buried for 20 centuries beneath the Mediterranean, was serendipitously discovered by a diver for whom the cave is named. Some of the Cosquer drawings date back 27,000 years. In Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave, a series of experts in prehistory discuss the nature of the cave and the remarkable paintings found on its walls. In The Cave Beneath the Sea: Paleolithic Images at Cosquer (Trans. by Marilyn Garner; Abrams; $60.000; May; 200 pp.; ISBN 0-8109-4033-7), the two archaeologists who explored the cave review their journey into the treacherous space and the wonders they found--drawings that echo the humanity of the prehistoric artist across otherwise silent millennia. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This book is filled with beautiful photographs of the oldest known cave art in the world. Simply flipping through and examining these paintings is an amazing experience. However, the text is a little less than breathtaking, providing little information for even those of us who know very little about cave art. It is little more than a description of how the discoverers felt upon finding this cave. Nonetheless, this book is worth purchasing, if only for the spectacular photos.
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The Chauvet Cave in Southern France has caused art history to have to be re-written. This brilliantly painted cave- far older than Lascaux and others in the region is exhibited beautifully here in a lush "Coffee Table" book form. These are well reproduced photographs of superb art work. Some of the animals drawn by the ancient artists have multiple legs- suggesting motion. Also surprising is the attempt at a realistic perspective in some of the works. As excellent as the book is in its photographs it is short on explaining the many questions this art brings to mind such as - "What function did this art serve." Perhaps this is for the best since the answers may always remain in the realm of speculation. This book is the only way to see this great art- as the cave will probably never be opened to general public visitation.
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This book has an epilogue and prologue written by professional archaeologists that will put the discovery in its proper academic perspective. The real thrill of the book is the narrative by the amateur speleologists as they discover and share with their friends what they recognize as an extraordinary site. Their first effort is to protect the cave bear bones from disturbance by the traffic of the experts who will come when they share their discovery with the world. The book invalidates so much previous speculation about the development of human art that it is a must read.
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