Function Art by Emmanuel Anati (1 results)

Atelier Etno. NUOVO. Recent studies are stressing that prehistoric art had as many different purposes as those of more recent written literature, religious and not, historical or imaginary, aimed at memorization, communication, magic, commemoration, recording, affirmation of cultural or ethnic identity and much else. Such functions may vary from site to site and from one culture to another. The collection of articles in this volume presents a variety of types of prehistoric art from various periods and corners of the world, reflecting a gamut of aims and roles played by art.…