The visual perception of deities from the Palaeolithic to the present: faces of Gods

Considering that figurines, such as the Venus from Willendorf, or the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel were already created approximately 30,000 years ago, it must be assumed that humans have had a desire to see a visual expression of their sacred beings for an exceedingly prolonged period of time. It...

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Hauptverfasser: Hupfauf, Peter 1946- (VerfasserIn), Herzog, Uta (VerfasserIn), Simek, Rudolf 1954- (VerfasserIn), Aalto, Sirpa (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Considering that figurines, such as the Venus from Willendorf, or the Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel were already created approximately 30,000 years ago, it must be assumed that humans have had a desire to see a visual expression of their sacred beings for an exceedingly prolonged period of time. It is dialectical that visual interpretations of deities always result in a physical/body structure, resembling the shape of humans. This book is a fusion of multiple independent investigations regarding visual interpretations of deities and religions over a period of 30,000 years. A survey about the psychological necessity for humans to create images of gods and goddesses provides the background for the book's presentation of images of deities, placed in a historical context.
Beschreibung:xii, 184 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781527563018