History of art: pre-history

Best History of Art Prehistory Books

Have you ever seen paintings on the walls of caves? That is the art of prehistory. Art has existed for a long time, since Early man.  The art of prehistory started from the prehistoric period.  Various art forms developed during this period imparting information between various tribes. Prehistoric Art developed in the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Mesolithic periods.

Representations of Prehistoric Art

The first representation of prehistoric art was in 10,000 BC in Africa.  There were also beautifully painted caves of Lauscaux and Chauvet in France. Scores of painted caves exist in France and Spain. Hundreds of sculptures and engravings depicting humans and animals have been found in Spain and France. The art depicted activities in daily life such as hunting practices, stone tools and musical instruments made from bones such as flutes and this art was done in caves to keep track of events because there were no written records.

Best Books on Prehistory to Read

Here are some recommended prehistory books to read and brush up your knowledge:

1. What is Palaeolithic Artby Robert D. Martin and Jean Clottes: Was it a trick of light that drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red haematite to watch the heads of lions, likenesses of bisons, horses and aurochs in the reliefs of walls, as they flickered by firelight, or was it something far deeper— a creative impulse, or a spiritual dawn, a shamanistic conception of the world efflorescing in the dark, dank spaces beneath the Earth where the spirits could exist.  In this book, Jean Clottes, a renowned figure in the study of cave paintings. This book traverses Ice age sites such as Chauvet, Altamira and Lascaux to visit with contemporary aboriginal artists evoking a continuum between the cave paintings of Prehistoric age and the living rock art of today. It reveals how we think, why we believe and who we are.
2. Lightning Shell: A People of Cahokia Novel: Anyone who likes prehistory novels will enjoy this book as this book makes the dramatic conclusion to people of Cahokia subseries by best-selling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’ Neal Gear is about Prehistoric America’s town Evening Star is under attack by Wrist’s squadrons and they have taken control of Central Cahokia.
3. African American History: The Development of a People by Ronald Goodwin, Michael Hucles:  This book provides students with diverse concise essays that explore the experiences, traditions and culture of African Americans in the United Nations from the early years to present day. The readings centre on the collective and individual experiences of African Americans and explore the cultural and historical contexts in which they live their lives.
4. Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Presentby John Boardman and Claudia Wagner:  This book is of creation of miniature intaglios- or incised carvings which could be impressed upon by clay, or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilization, to which the Greeks added relief cameos, while great skills were used to lavish metal rings.  These artefacts record subjects of significance for their period and place, and are also the direct expression of an artist’s skill and imagination.  Engraved gems were first collected by the ancient Romans, and then, throughout the Renaissance were a source of knowledge to this day.
5. Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology by Alexander Boskovic:  The main goal of this book is to present a sound and ethnically valid introduction into the exciting world of Ancient Mesoamerica because our understanding of pre-Columbian civilizations, so, it is one of the best books of pre–Columbian History, due to researches in the last fifty years. Major changes in these years were related to dealing with cultural changes in different contexts and to understand major changes in different contexts. This book uses the context of specific archaeological findings, in order to put Mesoamerican cultures in historical perspective.

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