A lavish compendium of art history presents accessible coverage of more than 1,200 fine works in a timeline format, providing a wealth of informative essays on such topics as key historical events, major art movements, and universal themes that are represented by definitive pieces. 60,000 first prin[...]

What do animals and symbols, depicted on the walls of such caves as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the atavistic mind? This book interweaves anthropological research with neurological insights to offer an account of how we became human and, in the process, began to make a[...]

Thirty thousand years ago our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? What meaning and messages did the cavemen want these paintings to convey? In addition, how did these perfect drawings come about at a[...]