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| Author: Jean Clottes
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: $88.05
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 614382
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.2
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 10.9 x 1
ISBN: 0500511195
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780500511190
ASIN: 0500511195
Publication Date: March 2003
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 Ancient Cave art May 15, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I spent two weeks visiting many of the caves in the Perigord and Dordougne area of France. I was amazed at the quality of the work. I am an artist, and I paint horses, and these artists knew their bison, their horses, and other animals. I love having this book and others with big colored illustrations of the work because it helps me remember the experience of 1989, seeing them in person.
 I would give this glorious book 10 stars if I could.... January 20, 2005
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
This book is simply magnificent. But first, a word about the price. The British publisher, Thames and Hudson, prices this book at 45 pounds. At this time, 1 pound = $1.8 US. I encourage you to compute the currency exchange and then shop . . . .
Now for the book. Since it's currently impossible to "look inside this book," let me share a few things about this splendid volume.
* It's 13 inches high by 11 inches wide, so it's an over-sized volume.
* 209 illustrations, 208 of which are in color
* the photos are extraordinary in clarity, lighting etc
* some of the photos span 2 pages, some take up 20-25% of a page, and there are 2 foldouts that show the breadth of a panel
* the paper is very high quality
* on average, the text takes up only part of a page. Some pages are strictly photos, sometimes a page has a column of text with photos. A few pages are entirely text. Bottom line, this is primarily a photo book, which is exactly what I was hoping it would be.
* the text is written for the general public. It's mostly descriptive, though there are some passages where interpretations are offered.
* most of the photos I've seen of the Chauvet paintings in other works are close-ups of the paintings. There are close-ups in this book too, but many of them show more of the physical backdrop for the paintings. It makes the paintings even more powerful to see them in their full "architectural" setting
* there are a few photos of the cave formations themselves, which is wonderful since the cave itself is a work of art.
The Table of Contents:
1. How to Study the Cave?
2. The Cave in its Setting
3. The Floors and Incursions into the Cave by Animals and People
4. Drawing in the Cave (covers 13 chambers in the cave)
5. The Techniques of Parietal Art
6. Lots of Animals and Signs (Horses etc)
7. Other Points of View
8. Conclusion
By the way, there is also a website for the Chauvet Cave where you can read reports by researchers etc.
This treasure will become a permanent fixture on my coffee table. My deepest thanks to the editor, Jean Clottes, and Thames and Hudson for doing such a masterful job.
Intelligent extraordinary and revealing. January 2, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Extremely well written account of the ongoing excavation of Chauvet Cave. The detail in the authors descriptions of the many artifacts found and the maticulous fragility used in processing, dating, and cataloging. This book goes way beyond cave art. From the animals and humans that had contact with the cave to the environment, geology, and paleo-botony. These are some of the oldest art ever dated and while reading their accounts the reader is transported back into time witnessing specific events that occured more than 32,000 years ago during the IceAge.
I highly recommend this book.
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