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Ever since they were discovered over a hundred years ago, the paintings and rock engravings deep in the caves of Europe have captured the public imagination, provoking wonder and amazement at their great age, their technical mastery and their sheer beauty. Some of the oldest art known to man turns out to be highly accomplished, and also to have been made in extremely difficult conditions in absurdly inaccessible locations. These facts have presented a puzzle and a challenge that have never ceased to exercise the imagination of both scholars and the wider public. This interest is kept alive by the beauty, vivacity and realism of these mammoths, bison, horses and other animals, which have the same power and freshness to modern eyes that they must have had for their creators. Jean Clottes' book is the first one to provide a simple, accessible, orderly and easy to use pictorial introduction to this remarkable art.A concise introduction tells the story of the discovery of the caves, and gives a clear outline of current knowledge and research. It also discusses the modern debates about the meaning and purpose of the art, and sets these debates in the wider context of prehistory. The author also raises questions about this art in relation to modern sensibilities - why do we find it so compelling? The core of the book is a carefully selected and organized sequence of 300 images, presenting the finest examples of cave art, including not only the most famous caves such as Lascaux, Altamira, Pech-Merle and Niaux, but also dozens of others that have yielded remarkable finds. A wonderful range of animals is presented, as well as the mysterious abstract signs, and the puzzlingly crude and schematized representations of human beings. Some examples of portable art and sculpture are also included in order to make important comparisons and links.

El presente trabajo se centra en la investigación del arte rupestre en la zona central de Chile, en particular en la cuenca superior del río Aconcagua desde una perspectiva que combina los aportes de la Arqueologia del Paisaje y la semiotica para la caracterizacion e interpretacion de esta materialidad. Si bien su desafio principal viene dado por la definicion de estilos de arte rupestre y la interpretacion de los procesos de construccion social del espacio en el pasado, tras ello se esconde una pretension mayor: mostrar el potencial que tiene el arte rupestre para la comprension del pasado prehispanico.

Catálogo de la exposición Arte sin artistas. Una mirada al Paleolítico.

José Royo Lasarte, Juan Ángel Paz, Esperanza Ortiz y Juan Carlos Gordillo, dirigidos por Antonio Beltrán, dan a conocer gracias a este libro, las pinturas rupestres encontradas en este santuario natural. Incluye un desplegable reproduciendo el ultimo calco efectuado asi como un CD con un video explicativo de la cueva.

A partir de la conferencia dada con motivo de la festividad de San Isidoro de Sevilla se elabora este libro que pretende efectuar un balance de las diferentes teorías y sus argumentaciones referidas a los restos de esta epoca (mayormente murallas y viviendas), prestando mayor atencion a un campo poco tratado: los espacios domesticos. Con todo ello se desea contribuir al conocimiento del funcionamiento de la sociedad indigena, de su estructura social, economica, territorial y administrativa a partir de los datos proporcionados por las excavaciones.

Este libro hace un exhaustivo recorrido por el variadísimo legado artístico de culturas desaparecidas hace miles de años y otras que aún subsisten relativamente aisladas de la civilización.

A partir de la exposición, que muestra el arte mueble paleolítico de Cantabria desde una doble perspectiva: como fenómeno social y como instrumento de comunicación, se ha podido aproximar a los cántabros a una de las paginas mas reseñables de su pasado y ha mostrado al publico de otras regiones su sorprendente y extraordinario patrimonio.

Soler i Subils, JoaquimThe archeological heritage of the Sahara Occidental is rich but poorly-known due to the political difficulties in which the region has been immersed for more than thirty years.nnFor some time a team from the University of Girona and the Ministry of Culture have been working on different aspects of this cultural wealth. This book presents most of the prehistoric paintings which concentrate on the region of the Zemmur. This study has allowed classification of the images in different groups and knowing their chronology. The paintings inform us about the evolution of the extreme Saharan west during its recent prehistory, including both social and natural changes.

Estamos ante un trabajo que es más que una excelente noticia para el mejor conocimiento del Paleolítico Medio y Superior en el sur de la Península Iberica, resultante de una obra laboriosa, lograda con gran esfuerzo personal, casi sin ayuda, madura y que, en cualquier caso, hace preludiar otros trabajos del autor, como los que seguramente ira dando a conocer con las diversas analiticas llevadas a cabo sobre todo en Bajondillo.

ANNA ALONSO I ALEXANDRE GRIMALLa roca dels Moros del Cogul (les Garrigues), el jaciment amb pintures rupestres prehistòriques més emblemàtic de Catalunya, el primer que va mostrar la imatge humana pi

El fundamento de este libro es la Tesis Doctoral Identidad, Territorialidad e Ideología de las Sociedades de Cazadores-recolectores (3000 AP-1400 AD) de la Patagonia Argentina. Arte rupestre del ámbito estepario septentrional en las subcuencas de los arroyos Pichileufu, Comallo y Maquinchao, leida por la autora en la Universidad de Salamanca en diciembre de 2006.

El objetivo de la presente obra es ofrecer al lector un instrumento de síntesis ricamente ilustrado y ampliamente documentado por los mejores especialistas para la comprensión de la arquitectura precolombina. En la elaboracion de este ambicioso proyecto editorial, unico en su categoria, ha sido igualmente valiosa la contribucion de los nuevos descubrimientos arqueologicos y los mas recientes estudios, obteniendo asi un completisimo compendio de las estructuras arquitectonicas que dan testimonio de las principales culturas centroamericanas.

The discovery of pre-historic decorated caves in western Europe transformed the way we think about the development of art. The earliest known evidence of human artistic endeavor, the awe-inspiring paintings, dramatic engravings and small, delicate sculptures of animals and humans found in these caves still hold a unique power and fascination, more than a century after they were first discovered. In this book, internationally renowned expert on prehistoric art Jean Clottes explores the origins of art and creativity. He takes the reader on a guided tour of 85 caves and rock shelters, many of which are not open to the public, revealing the extraordinary beauty of the works of art within them. Cave Art features more than 300 works from the Paleolithic period, made between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago, presented in geographical and chronological order.This comprehensive, accessible introduction to prehistoric art includes such spectacular works as the famous horses of Lascaux, the buffalo in the Altamira cave in Spain and the ivory carving of a woman''s face found at Brassempouy in the south of France, as well as examples from less well-known sites. A wonderful range of animals is presented, from cave bears to reindeer, as well as mysterious abstract signs and schematic representations of human beings. Examples of portable art and sculpture are also included. While most of the caves described in the book are European, Cave Art also includes examples of open-air rock art made after the last ice age at sites around the world.