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The eternal present : volume I : the beginnings of art / S. Giedion

by Sigfried Giedion

This study re-evaluates Palaeolithic art through the lens of modernism, focusing on abstraction, transparency and simultaneity. It analyses prehistoric symbols and depictions of animals to explore the origins of artistic expression and themes of constancy and change.

Accession 32703 ISBN — Publisher Oxford University Press
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