Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index. |
Contents |
The naked cave man -- The seductive axe; the well-clothed arrivals -- A skeptic admits his error; the passion of Miss Mary E. Boyle -- Noble Robot, an inquiring dog; the Abbe's sermons on the mount -- The great black cow; how to paint a horse -- A stormy drama among bison; the golden section -- A lively but unreliable creation; quaint, symbolic arrows -- The trident-shaped cave; pairing, not coupling -- Three brothers in a boat; the sorcerer -- A passage underwater; the skull on a rock -- Strange, stylized women; the world below the world. |
Subject |
Cave paintings -- France.
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Cave paintings -- Spain.
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ISBN |
1400043484 |
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9781400043484 |
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