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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art

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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art - Lewis-Williams, David
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In the most convincing explanation for Upper Paleolithic art yet proposed, David Lewis-Williams describes how 19th-century beliefs that the drawings were "art for art's sake, " or totemism, were supplanted in the wake of Darwinian evolutionary theory. 87 illustrations, 26 in color.

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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art 2004, Thames & Hudson, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780500284650

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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art 2002, Thames & Hudson, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780500051177

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