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- catalog abstract "In September 2001, when civilization seemed to have unraveled, author Turner undertook a quest for confirmation that art does matter, that it is the preeminent human expression of the life force--as necessary as air. This book goes back to the very beginning of art to assess anew its meanings in the long human story. Turner journeys to investigate sanctuaries in France and Spain that mythographer Joseph Campbell called "temple caves," the earliest known of which contains paintings more than 32,000 years old--works of art far more advanced than the hunting implements by which their creators lived. He ends his journey in Paris's St. Sulpice. In the caves and prehistoric shelters, along the valleys tracing the mighty rivers of the Ice Age, in a war-ravaged village, and in a city church far removed from the country of the caves, Turner finds resonant meaning.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b13192552.
- catalog coverage "France Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "In September 2001, when civilization seemed to have unraveled, author Turner undertook a quest for confirmation that art does matter, that it is the preeminent human expression of the life force--as necessary as air. This book goes back to the very beginning of art to assess anew its meanings in the long human story. Turner journeys to investigate sanctuaries in France and Spain that mythographer Joseph Campbell called "temple caves," the earliest known of which contains paintings more than 32,000 years old--works of art far more advanced than the hunting implements by which their creators lived. He ends his journey in Paris's St. Sulpice. In the caves and prehistoric shelters, along the valleys tracing the mighty rivers of the Ice Age, in a war-ravaged village, and in a city church far removed from the country of the caves, Turner finds resonant meaning.--From publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200).".
- catalog description "St.-Emilion -- Time travel -- Art and crisis -- In the cave of the hundred mammoths -- Tasting the past -- Venus and the castle -- Life against death -- Balance -- Oradour-sur-glane -- Dream of the mythic past -- The mark of the bear -- La ferrassie -- The weight of the past -- Balzac versus Hitler -- Degenerate art -- Reading a forgotten language -- In the hall of the past -- St.-Sulpice.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 200 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "In the land of the temple caves.".
- catalog identifier "158243266X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "In the land of the temple caves.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Counterpoint,".
- catalog relation "In the land of the temple caves.".
- catalog spatial "France Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "700/.1 22".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "Art Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Art, Prehistoric France.".
- catalog subject "N70 .T93 2004".
- catalog subject "Turner, Frederick W., 1937- Travel France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "St.-Emilion -- Time travel -- Art and crisis -- In the cave of the hundred mammoths -- Tasting the past -- Venus and the castle -- Life against death -- Balance -- Oradour-sur-glane -- Dream of the mythic past -- The mark of the bear -- La ferrassie -- The weight of the past -- Balzac versus Hitler -- Degenerate art -- Reading a forgotten language -- In the hall of the past -- St.-Sulpice.".
- catalog title "In the land of temple caves : from St. Emilion to Paris's St. Sulpice : notes on art and the human spirit / Frederick Turner.".
- catalog type "text".