Creation. The history of art from the very beginning
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Creation. The history of art from the very beginning
29.99 €
Fifty thousand years ago, on an island in Indonesia, primitive man took red ochre to paint a pig on a cave wall. Around the same time, in modern Europe, another man took a piece of coal from a bonfire and sketched four galloping horses. In the consciousness of Homo sapiens it is as if the light has turned on. And this light, which makes us capture the image of the world we see, has helped our species understand it better and thrive.
John-Paul Stoneard’s book is a panoramic history of the arts and a comparative anthropological study of what creativity means in different cultures. The author traces the variety of changes in artistic forms over the centuries. “Creation” tells about key works of art: from cave paintings of the Paleolithic era to modern conceptual art. It's a story of connections. Stonard shows that great Western artists and their colleagues in other parts of the world were driven by the same forces. But above all, it’s a book about how creativity is “part of what it means to be human.”.
John-Paul Stoneard’s book is a panoramic history of the arts and a comparative anthropological study of what creativity means in different cultures. The author traces the variety of changes in artistic forms over the centuries. “Creation” tells about key works of art: from cave paintings of the Paleolithic era to modern conceptual art. It's a story of connections. Stonard shows that great Western artists and their colleagues in other parts of the world were driven by the same forces. But above all, it’s a book about how creativity is “part of what it means to be human.”.
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