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Author : Solly Zuckerman Baron Zuckerman
Release : 1998
Genre : Apes
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Book Rating : 001/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Ape in Myth & Art by : Solly Zuckerman Baron Zuckerman
Download or read book The Ape in Myth & Art written by Solly Zuckerman Baron Zuckerman. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecilia Veracini
Release : 2024-05-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 870/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science by : Cecilia Veracini
Download or read book Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science written by Cecilia Veracini. This book was released on 2024-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-human primates (hereafter just primates) play a special role in human societies, especially in regions where modern humans and primates co-exist. Primates feature in myths and legends and in traditional indigenous knowledge. Explorers observed them in the wild and brought them, at great cost, to Europe. There they were valued as pets and for display, their images featured in art and architecture, and where they were literally teased apart by scientists. The international team of contributors to this book draws these different perspectives together to show how primates helped humans better understand their own place in nature. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students as well scholars in disciplines ranging from anthropology to art history. Key features: Includes contributions from an international team of historians and natural scientists Integrates various perspectives and perceptions of non-human primates across time and place Summarizes the place of non-human primates in science, art and culture Includes rare early illustrations
Author : Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Release : 2010-02-08
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 907/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art by : Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Download or read book The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art written by Mehmet-Ali Ataç. This book was released on 2010-02-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Mehmet-Ali Ataç argues that the palace reliefs of the Neo-Assyrian Empire hold a meaning deeper than simple imperial propaganda.
Author : Lewis Hyde
Release : 2010-08-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 837/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Trickster Makes This World by : Lewis Hyde
Download or read book Trickster Makes This World written by Lewis Hyde. This book was released on 2010-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.
Author : Dorothea S. Whitten
Release : 1988
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis From Myth to Creation by : Dorothea S. Whitten
Download or read book From Myth to Creation written by Dorothea S. Whitten. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated with over 100 photos, the second edition of From Myth to Creation offers a dramatic insider's view of the cognitive and symbolic worlds of indigenous potters and woodworkers in a region undergoing radical change. By placing Canelos Quichua art in social and cultural context, the text invites readers to better understand and appreciate the art, aesthetics, and the historical and contemporary consciousness of indigenous Americans. This new edition includes a new foreword and chapter.
