New Perspectives on Prehistoric Art Gunter Berghaus NEW

Title: New Perspectives on Prehistoric Art
Author: Gunter Berghaus

Description: Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from those of their predecessors. In the last few decades, however, new approaches to cave art, often based on discoveries made in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and the Arctic region, have produced new insights into possible meanings and functions of prehistoric paintings and sculptures. This new collection of essays explores these insights, which derive from evolutionary biology, feminist scholarship, ritual studies, and new modes of anthropology. Essential reading for anyone interested in prehistoric art or its social contexts, this volume represents a bold step forward in the research and analysis of the very first artists. -- Greenwood Pub Group

Presents some current approaches to prehistoric art and offers new insights into the meanings and functions of the era's paintings and sculptures. -- Greenwood Pub Group

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