The origins of monsters : image and cognition in the first age of mechanical reproduction /

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 a...

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Main Author:	Wengrow, D. (Author)
Corporate Author:	New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Series:	Rostovtzeff lectures.
Subjects:	Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch, > 1870-1952. Art, Prehistoric. Art, Ancient. Archaeology and art. Animals, Mythical, in art. Monsters in art. Cognition and culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. ART / History / Prehistoric & Primitive. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. RELIGION / General.