Prehistoric Art in Europe Tapa blanda - 1985

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Ltd., 1985. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound with no writing inside, some handling wear on the cover including scuffing and crease on the spine.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; Pelican History of Art Ser., 1985. 508 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. A good reading copy. "Until around 10,000 BC art in Europe appears to have been in advance of the rest of the world and throws light on the total history of early man. The great masterpieces of cave-painting at Lascaux are well known, and one tradition of early sculpture is from the first surprizingly classical. With the shelter paintings of the Spanish Levant and the clay modelling and painted pottery of eastern Europe in the fourth and third millennia BC fresh artistic problems were tackled. Later still evolved the high technical accomplishment of the metal-workers, and this study concludes with an account of the new departures of Celtic La Tene art of the last four centuries BC." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 1. THE BEGINNING; The first sculpture (30,000-15,000); The first drawings (25,000-15,000); The beginning of relief (23,000-15,000); Divine image… Leer más

508 pages, ill. Second (integrated) edition, 1985 printing. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, couple of reading creases to spine. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Penguin, 28/02/1985 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 2.7979 in x 20.7842 in x 14.5889 in.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Puffin. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!