The Oldest Enigma of Humanity

The Key to the Mystery of the Paleolithic Cave Paintings

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Palaeontology, Art & Architecture, Art History, History, Civilization
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Author: Bertrand David, Jean Jacques Lefrère ISBN: 9781628723939
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint: Arcade Publishing Language: English
Author: Bertrand David, Jean Jacques Lefrère
ISBN: 9781628723939
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: April 1, 2014
Imprint: Arcade Publishing
Language: English

A mystery spanning thousands of years—and a compelling study of early mankind and the first sparks of human artistic creativity.
 
Thirty thousand years ago, our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? What meaning and messages did the cavemen want these paintings to convey? In addition, how did these perfect drawings come about at a time when primitive man's sole purpose was surviving? And why, some ten thousand years later, did startlingly similar animal paintings appear once again, on dark cave walls?

Scholars and archaeologists have for centuries pored over these works of art, speculating and hoping to come away with the key to the mystery. No one has ever come close to elucidating the paintings’ origin and meaning—until now.

Here, the stunning truth is revealed by artist Bertrand David and Professor Jean-Jacques Lefrère, giving us a new understanding of an art lost in time, explaining what had once been unexplainable, and solving the oldest enigma in humanity.
 

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A mystery spanning thousands of years—and a compelling study of early mankind and the first sparks of human artistic creativity.
 
Thirty thousand years ago, our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? What meaning and messages did the cavemen want these paintings to convey? In addition, how did these perfect drawings come about at a time when primitive man's sole purpose was surviving? And why, some ten thousand years later, did startlingly similar animal paintings appear once again, on dark cave walls?

Scholars and archaeologists have for centuries pored over these works of art, speculating and hoping to come away with the key to the mystery. No one has ever come close to elucidating the paintings’ origin and meaning—until now.

Here, the stunning truth is revealed by artist Bertrand David and Professor Jean-Jacques Lefrère, giving us a new understanding of an art lost in time, explaining what had once been unexplainable, and solving the oldest enigma in humanity.
 

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