The First Artists
In Search of the World's Oldest Art
Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art delve hundreds of thousands of years into the human past to discover the earliest works of art ever made, drawing on decades of new research Where is the world’s very first art located? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms, and colors? Prehistorians have long been asking these questions, but only recently have they been able to piece together the first chapter in the story of art. Overturning the traditional Eurocentric vision of our artistic origins, Paul Bahn and Michel Lorblanchet seek out the earliest art across the whole world. There are clues that even three million years ago distant human ancestors were drawn to natural curiosities that…
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September 19, 2017Paul Bahn’s many publications include Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (with Colin Renfew), The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art, and Atlas of World Archaeology.
