Bibliograph

Cave paintings and the human spirit, the origin of creativity and belief, David S. Whitley

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Cave paintings and the human spirit, the origin of creativity and belief, David S. Whitley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-310) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cave paintings and the human spirit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

236082513

Responsibility statement

David S. Whitley

Sub title

the origin of creativity and belief

Table Of Contents

Figure and photo list -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Foreword -- pt. I. Three days at Chauvet -- 1. The world's earliest cave art -- 2. Inside Chauvet -- pt. II. Côa and the Coso connection -- 3. The dating game -- 4. Finding Côa -- pt. III. Meaning and madness in the upper paleolithic -- 5. The myth of ecstasy and the origins of religion, entry into the Volp caves -- 6. Creativity and the emotional life of the shamans -- 7. Art beyond belief : creativity and religion in perspective -- Endnotes -- Index

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