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This text goes back to the beginning of human existence in search of the very meaning of human creativity. Beginning in Africa 400,000 years ago, the text spans the creation of art from prehistoric cave painting to Michelangelo and Picasso.

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Nigel Spivey is a lecturer in Classics at Cambridge University. He has written several books on Greek and Etruscan art. He is the presenter of the BBC/PBS television series “How Art Made the World,” which this book accompanies. He lives in Cambridge, England.
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Describes when and how humans first acquired and then utilized symbolic representation and explores how art has been used throughout history as a means of mass persuasion.

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  • PublisherBasic Books
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 0465081819
  • ISBN 13 9780465081813
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  • Number of pages288
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