The Origins of Monsters

Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

By:

David Wengrow

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The Rostovtzeff Lectures

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It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it wa

Author Biography:

David Wengrow is professor of comparative archaeology at University College London. His books include The Archaeology of Early Egypt and What Makes Civilization?

Release date Australia

April 28th, 2020

Author

David Wengrow

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

10 halftones. 23 line illus. 1 map.

Pages

184

Series

The Rostovtzeff Lectures

ISBN-13

9780691202396

Product ID

31933242

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