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Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this relationship existed eve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moser, Stephanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Temas:
Adam und Eva
Prehistoric peoples > Pictorial works > History.
Human evolution > Pictorial works > History.
Prehistoric peoples > Pictorial works.
Sociétés préhistoriques > Ouvrages illustrés.
Êtres humains > Évolution > Ouvrages illustrés > Histoire.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
Prehistoric peoples
Mensch > Motiv
Volk > Motiv
Antike > Motiv
Ikonographie
Kunst
Missbildung > Motiv
Mythos > Motiv
Iconografie.
Mensen.
Oorsprong.
Beeldende kunsten.
Bildliche Darstellung.
Pictorial works
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this relationship existed even before a scientific understanding of human origins developed. How did mythological, religious, and historically inspired visions of the past, in existence for centuries, shape this understanding? Moser treats images as primary documents, and her book is illustrated with more than a hundred engravings, paintings, photographs, and reconstructions.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-197) and index.
ISBN:9781501729010
1501729012

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