History of art: pre-history books

Covering a vast terrain-from Ladakh and other Himalayan locations, to central India including the Vindhyas, the...  Read More >>

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function....  Read More >>

San rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest...  Read More >>

This volume gathers many of the world's leading experts to reassess the enigmatic assemblage of Spanish Levantine...  Read More >>

The Central Sahara is considered the greatest museum of rock art in the world, containing several thousand prehistoric...  Read More >>

Beiträge einer Tagung 2010 in Prag, deren Ziel die Weiterentwicklung der europäischen Zusammenarbeit bei der Erforschung...  Read More >>

Drawn from the ancient art and artifacts of an international array of museum collections, this spectacular volume...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Using the example of prehistoric paintings discovered in the late 19th century in Spain and France Cave Art, Perception...  Read More >>

Two thousand years ago, artworks of astonishing variety were being created in far-flung regions of the world. Although...  Read More >>

Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne,...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

After taking new sleeping pills, the author was transcended back in time to the deep woods of western Virginia to...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking examination of artists' portrayals of Tokyo from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.  Read More >>

For years Tommy Charles scoured South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings,...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world....  Read More >>

This revised edition is an accumulation of two decades of research and fieldwork by the authors, and presents a...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

The German ethnologist and explorer Koch-Grünberg (1872–1924) accounts for the origin and significance of rock art...  Read More >>

The present publication is concerned with the rock art from two sections of the Nile Valley in Lower Nubia surveyed...  Read More >>

Rock-art - the ancient images which still scatter the rocky landscapes of Europe - is a singular kind of archaeological...  Read More >>

 Read More >>