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Author Curtis, Gregory, 1944-

Title The cave painters : probing the mysteries of the world's first artists / Gregory Curtis.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  759.01 CURTIS    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  759.01 C978C    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  759.01 C978C c.2  Check Shelf
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.
Cave paintings -- Spain.
ISBN 1400043484
9781400043484
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