Creation [electronic resource] : A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day
John-Paul Stonard2021
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**SELECTED AS A BEST ART BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES**
'Stonard traverses the sweep of human history, moving between cultures and
hemispheres ... His book consists of myriad flashes of brilliance and
inventiveness' LITERARY REVIEW
'A worthy and richly illustrated successor to Ernst Gombrich's fabled The Story
of Art' SUNDAY TIMES
'This bountifully illustrated book is a history of connections ... Lucid and
thoughtful' COUNTRY LIFE
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A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to
the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankind's creative
impulse.
Fifty thousand years ago on an island in Indonesia, an early human used red
ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a pig on a limestone cave wall.
Around the same time in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from
a fire and sketched four galloping horses.
It was like a light turning on in the human mind.
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Main title:
Author:
John-Paul Stonard, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (464)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781408879665
Language:
English
BRN:
437495
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |