The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art (Cambridge Illustrated Histories) [Hardcover]

'Paul Bahn's expertise gives a welcome global perspective to prehistoric art and provides plenty of surprises, even for those with some knowledge of the subject.' The Financial Times

'Presents the first balanced and truly world-wide survey of prehistoric art.' Art Book Review Quarterly

' … the most comprehensive treatise on prehistoric art to date … lucid and descriptive, satisfying to the advanced anthropologist or artist while quite comprehensible to uninitiated readers … highly recommended'. Choice

' … beautifully edited … Bahn has authored a book that will be useful to nonspecialist professionals and students with interests in the fasinating subject of parietal art.' American Antiquity

Beautifully illustrated in colour with many rare and unique photographs, prints, and drawings, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art presents the first balanced and truly world-wide survey of prehistoric art. The book also offers the first detailed account of how the world of scholarship became aware of the existence of prehistoric art, reproducing the very earliest drawings by explorers and surveyors from the 1600s onwards to create a unique pictorial as well as discursive resource. With this powerful combination of illustration and analysis, Paul Bahn describes what prehistoric art is and the different ways in which it can shed light on the lives and preoccupations of our ancestors: sexual, humorous, social, economic, and religious.

Beautifully illustrated in colour with rare and unique photographs, prints and drawings, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art presents the first truly world-wide survey of prehistoric art.