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Drawing prehistoric animals / by Goyallon, Jérôme.(CARDINAL)374814; Goyallon, Jérôme.Apprendre en dessinant les mammifères disparus.English.(CARDINAL)386773;
Presents facts about the anatomy and lifestyle of prehistoric animals and humans and provides instructions on how to reproduce drawings of these animals by hand or by computer.
Subjects: Prehistoric animals in art; Drawing; Prehistoric peoples in art; Prehistoric peoples in art.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Scenes from deep time : early pictorial representations of the prehistoric world / by Rudwick, M. J. S.(CARDINAL)322735;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index.1. Creation and the flood -- 2. Keyholes into the past -- 3. Monsters of the ancient world -- 4. A first sequence of scenes -- 5. Domesticating the monsters -- 6. The genre established -- 7. Making sense of it all.How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Our images of the remote past, museum displays of dinosaurs and book illustrations of exotic plants and animals, are based on fragmentary evidence, yet these depictions are realistic enough to suggest that we can know exactly what the earth looked like millions of years ago. Today depictions of the earliest stages of the earth - deep time - are so common that we take them for granted, but less than 200 years ago no such pictures existed. In Scenes from Deep Time, Martin J. S. Rudwick traces the earliest attempts to reconstruct the past no one has ever seen. With over 100 stunning lithographs and engravings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many reproduced here for the first time since their original publication and accompanied by portions of the original explanatory texts, Rudwick argues that scientists and artists made earth history visually compelling as evidence from nature supplanted the biblical view of the distant past. Until 1820, the only pictorial reconstructions of earth history were illustrations of the biblical creation story. During the following decades, geologists and biologists gathered and interpreted fossil evidence that suggested the earth was millions of years old. Fossil finds inspired a new collaboration between scientists and artists, and as they became more confident in their visions of the past, they produced increasingly realistic portrayals of deep time. By 1870, the prehistoric past was depicted in the same style as the scenes we see today, and these representations continue to reflect and often shape scientific as well as public views. Because we can never completely know what life was like in deep time, these images fascinate scientists and laypeople alike.
Subjects: Paleontology; Science; Prehistoric peoples in art.; Prehistoric animals in art.; Plants, Fossil, in art.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The language of the goddess : unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilization / by Gimbutas, Marija,1921-1994.(CARDINAL)713019;
Bibliography: pages 354-369.
Subjects: Goddesses in art.; Goddesses.; Prehistoric peoples; Religion, Prehistoric; Symbolism.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Afterward, everything was different : a tale from the Pleistocene / by Yockteng, Rafael,illustrator.(CARDINAL)350711; Amado, Elisa,translator.(CARDINAL)350710; Buitrago, Jairo,author.(CARDINAL)350712;
"This almost wordless picture book set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's observation. Once upon a time, during the Pleistocene, somewhere between two-and-a-half million and ten thousand years ago, small groups of people traveled their known world, hunting for food, seeking shelter, and slowly becoming more like the people we are today. As far back as 40,000 years ago (and maybe even earlier) people began drawing pictures on cave walls. And a bit later, they carved images onto stones. Some pictures are of humans, usually drawn as stick figures, but most are of animals. We don't know their purpose, though in some cases, evidence seems to suggest they were used for storytelling. But when we look at these pictures, we can't help but admire the extraordinary talent of the first artists. They aren't just scratches on the wall. They are great art. In this book of few words, we follow a young girl who notices everything that happens around her as her people search for a cave to shelter for the winter. And we can believe that she feels the absolute necessity to draw what she has seen and to tell stories." --NP
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; Wordless picture books.; Cave dwellers; Prehistoric peoples; Storytelling in art;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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Painters of the caves / by Lauber, Patricia.(CARDINAL)148649;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This book describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Accelerated reader.; Art, Prehistoric; Art, Prehistoric; Art, Prehistoric; Cave paintings; Cave paintings; Cave paintings; Rock paintings; Art, Prehistoric.; Cave paintings.;
Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 25
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Prehistoric rock art / by Terzi, Marinella.(CARDINAL)369152;
Discusses the subject matter, techniques, and cultural significance of the paintings and engravings made on rocks, both inside caves and in the open air, by primitive people around the world.
Subjects: Art appreciation; Art, Prehistoric; Cave paintings; Rock paintings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Handbook to life in prehistoric Europe / by McIntosh, Jane.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Geography of ancient Europe -- The development of Europe -- Economy -- Settlement -- Trade and transport -- Industry and crafts -- Religion -- Death and burial -- Warfare -- Language, literature, and the arts -- Society and life -- Chronological chart.
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples; Antiquities, Prehistoric;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Pantheon story of art for young people / by Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin.(CARDINAL)155964;
Surveys the history of art in the western world from prehistoric cave paintings to modern abstracts emphasizing the major works and artists of each period. Includes a brief discussion of the art of Asia, Africa, and the South Seas.
Subjects: Art;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Your mother was a Neanderthal: The time warp trio / by Scieszka, Jon.(CARDINAL)274775; Smith, Lane,illustrator.(CARDINAL)274774; Smith, Lane.(CARDINAL)274774; Smith, Lane.(CARDINAL)274774;
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.610LAccelerated Reader ARLexile
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Humorous stories; Prehistoric peoples; Prehistoric peoples; Time travel; Time travel;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 18
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Your mother was a Neanderthal / by Scieszka, Jon.(CARDINAL)274775; Smith, Lane,illustrator.(CARDINAL)274774;
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.610LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Prehistoric peoples; Time travel;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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