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

• pt. 1. Three days at Chauvet. -- The world's earliest cave art -- Inside Chauvet -- pt. 2. Côa and the Coso connection. -- The dating game -- Finding Côa -- pt. 3. Meaning and madness in the upper paleolithic. -- The myth of ecstasy and the origins of religion : entry into the Volp caves -- Creativity and the emotional life of the shamans -- Art beyond belief : creativity and religion in perspective.

Ämnesord

Cave paintings  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Petroglyphs  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Art, Prehistoric  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Art, Shamanistic  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Shamanism in art.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

GN803 (LCC)

709/.01/12 (DDC)

J.04 (kssb/8)

J.11 (kssb/8)