ISBN Images of the Ice Age 512 pages English

Images of the Ice Age here in its third edition is the most complete study available of the world's earliest imagery presenting a fascinating and up-to-date account of the art of our Ice Age ancestors. Authoritative and wide-ranging it covers not only the magnificent cave art of famous sites such as Lascaux Altamira and Chauvet but also other less well-known sites around the world art discovered in the open air and the thousands of incredible pieces of portable art in bone antler ivory and stone produced in the same period. In doing so the book summarizes all the major worldwide research into Ice Age art both past and present exploring the controversial history of the art's discovery and acceptance including the methods used for recording and dating the faking of decorated objects and caves and the wide range of theories that have been applied to this artistic corpus. Lavishly illustrated and highly accessible Images of the Ice Age provides a visual feast and an absorbing synthesis of this crucial aspect of human history offering a unique opportunity to appreciate universally important works of art many of which can never be accessible to the public and which represent the very earliest evidence of artistic expression.