The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction

by David Wengrow

Book Overview

It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and cosmopolitan trade networks that "monsters" became widespread...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691202397
• ISBN13: 9780691202396
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.8"