Realisation-From Seeing to Understanding: The Origins of Art

by Julian Spalding

Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe. We perceived the world as a body, like ours, then as a tree, a pyramid, an altar, and finally as a veil which became a window through which we peered only to discover ourselves on a sphere, a bubble which might burst at any moment. Our changing views are interpreted through iconic images of the remote and more recent past: the Venus of Willendorf,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908524456
• ISBN13: 9781908524454
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Wilmington Square Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"