The mind in the cave : consciousness and the origins of art / David Lewis-Williams.
By: Lewis-Williams, J. David
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BookPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2002Description: 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0500284652.Subject(s): Cave paintings | Art, PrehistoricDDC classification: 709.011 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00088295 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What does the breathtakingly beautiful art depicted on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? How did these images spring, seemingly from nowhere into the human story?
The Mind in the Cave puts forward the most plausible explanation yet proposed for the origins of image-making and art. This is a masterful piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors and on the nature of our own consciousness and experience.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-314) and index.
Three Caves: Three Time-Bytes -- 1. Discovering Human Antiquity -- 2. Seeking Answers -- 3. A Creative Illusion -- 4. The Matter of the Mind -- 5. Case Study 1: Southern African San Rock Art -- 6. Case Study 2: North American Rock Art -- 7. An Origin of Image-Making -- 8. The Cave in the Mind -- 9. Cave and Community -- 10. Cave and Conflict.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. 7)
- Three Caves: Three Time-Bytes (p. 12)
- 1 Discovering Human Antiquity (p. 18)
- 2 Seeking Answers (p. 41)
- 3 A Creative Illusion (p. 69)
- 4 The Matter of the Mind (p. 101)
- 5 Case Study 1: Southern African San Rock Art (p. 136)
- 6 Case Study 2: North American Rock Art (p. 163)
- 7 An Origin of Image-Making (p. 180)
- 8 The Cave in the Mind (p. 204)
- 9 Cave and Community (p. 228)
- 10 Cave and Conflict (p. 268)
- Envoi (p. 287)
- Notes (p. 292)
- Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading (p. 299)
- Acknowledgments (p. 315)
- Sources of Illustrations (p. 315)
- Index (p. 316)