FIRST ARTISTS (HB)

When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms and colours? Were the Neanderthals, also capable of creating art? Prehistorians have been asking these questions of our ancestors for decades, but only very recently, with the development of cutting-edge scientific and archaeological techniques, have we been able to piece together the first chapter in the story of art. This book shows how the history of art mirrors the development of humanity, the emergence of the first belief systems, and ways of relating to each other.