Chronicles the diverse roles the horse has played in human warfare, travel, ceremony, hunting, racing, and myth and symbolism as viewed in this collection of four-color illustrations of British Museum artworks and artifacts that trace perceptions of the horse through time and space.[...]
One in a delightful series of pocket-sized picture books revealing the diversity of the British Museum collections.[...]
Dogs were undoubtedly the first animals to become domesticated and have been the closest companions to human beings since the Stone Age. This book illuminates and explores this long association, as seen through the art and artifacts that express and celebrate it. The book opens with an engaging expl[...]
Although human communities have depended heavily on them, cattle are less studied and admired than they deserve to be. Beautiful, varied and with individual personalities, cattle feature far more extensively than one might at first think in the art, mythology and religion of humankind. Cattle have b[...]