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02100aam a2200361Ia 4500 001 D3FC7168B60211E6ADDB0DB5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161129010624 008 070306r20072006nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2007280334 020 $a 9781400078875 020 $a 1400078873 035 $a (OCoLC)148996489 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d BKL $d DLC $d OCLCA $d GSC $d BDX $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d KQ3 $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a e-sp--- $a e-sp--- 100 1 $a Curtis, Gregory, $d 1944- 245 14 $a The cave painters : $b probing the mysteries of the world's first artists / $c Gregory Curtis. 250 $a 1st Anchor books ed. 260 $a New York : $b Anchor Books, $c 2007. 300 $a 278 pages, [8] pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Originally published: Knopf, 2006. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index. 505 0 $a The naked cave man -- The seductive axe; the well-clothed arrivals -- A skeptic admits his error; the passion of Miss Mary E. Boyle -- Noble Robot, an inquiring dog; the Abbe's sermons on the mount -- The great black cow; how to paint a horse -- A stormy drama among bison; the golden section -- A lively but unreliable creation; quaint, symbolic arrows -- The trident-shaped cave; pairing, not coupling -- Three brothers in a boat; the sorcerer -- A passage underwater; the skull on a rock -- Strange, stylized women; the world below the world. 520 $a Looks at the cave paintings of Spain and France, examining the origins of these artworks and their creators, Cro-Magnon people who settled there centuries ago, and discusses the theories concerning the meaning of the paintings. 650 0 $a Cave paintings. 651 0 $a Spain $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a France $x Description and travel. 655 7 $a Arts & Photography. $2 local 655 7 $a History & Culture. $2 local 655 7 $a Nonfiction. $2 local 941 $a 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20161129024738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D3FC7168B60211E6ADDB0DB5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search