{"product_id":"paleoart","title":"Paleoart","description":"It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of \u003cb\u003epaleoart\u003c\/b\u003e, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, \u003cb\u003eartists the world over have conjured up visions of dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, cavemen, and other creatures\u003c\/b\u003e, shaping our understanding of the primeval past through their exhilarating images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this book, writer \u003cb\u003eZoë Lescaze \u003c\/b\u003eand artist \u003cb\u003eWalton Ford \u003c\/b\u003epresent the \u003cb\u003eastonishing history of paleoart from 1830 to 1990\u003c\/b\u003e. These are not cave paintings produced thousands of years ago, but modern visions of prehistory: stunning\u003cb\u003e paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, mosaics, and murals \u003c\/b\u003ethat  mingle scientific fact with unbridled fantasy. The collection provides  an in-depth look at this neglected niche of art history and shows how  the artists charged with imagining extinct creatures often projected  their own aesthetic whims onto prehistory, rendering the primordial past  with dashes of Romanticism, Impressionism, Japonisme, Fauvism, and Art  Nouveau, among other influences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an incisive essay from Lescaze, a preface by Ford, and dozens of images and details, the book showcases a stunning collection of  artworks culled from\u003cb\u003e major natural history museums, obscure archives, and private collections\u003c\/b\u003e,  and includes photography of key works, including Charles R.  Knight's seminal paintings in Chicago and little-known masterpieces such  as A. M. Belashov's monumental mosaic in Moscow. From the fearsome to  the fantastical, Paleoart is a\u003cb\u003e celebration of  prehistoric animals in art, and a novel chance to understand our  favorite extinct beasts through an art historical lens.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51411419594788,"sku":"9783754406076","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783754406076.jpg?v=1788822330","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/paleoart","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}