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4.0 out of 5 stars Older version of JOURNEY THROUGH THE ICE AGE..., Aug 15 2002

By Dianne Foster "Di" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Images of the Ice Age (Hardcover)

IMAGES OF THE ICE AGE by Paul Bahn and Jean Vertut is the 1988 edition of JOURNEY THROUGH THE ICE AGE published in 1997. Bahn says in the preface of the 1997 edition that it is "fully revised and updated." Comparing the two volumes leads me to believe Bahn incorporated much new information from peer reviewed articles and scholarly papers delivered/published in the 1990s in the 1997 version. The 1997 edition is much more beautiful than the 1988 version, although the older edition remains quite interesting.

Much of the original material in IMAGES (1988) can be found in JOURNEY (1997). Differences between the two editions include: 1/ Added sections to the 1997 version entitled "The Oldest Art in the World"; "Fakes and Forgeries"; "Portable Art"; "Rock Shelters and Caves"; "Art in the Open Air", and 2/ Dropped a section in the 1988 version entitled "Forms and Techniques". Much of the material in the 1997 "Forms" section has been expanded to create the new sections on portable and parietal art. Bahn has also added enhancements throughout the 1997 version including a nifty text box that shows a "Chronological Chart of Cave Drawings" with radiocarbon dating results (estimates and standard errors) listed for each entry.

The photographs in the 1997 version are larger than those in the 1988 version. Bahn added a few new photographs to the newer edition (by the late Paul Vertut). Overall the text of the 1988 version is less polished. The 1997 version includes shaded text boxes and larger, easier to read print. The maps in the 1997 version are more articulated and the resolution is better.

The 1997 edition JOURNEY THROUGH THE ICE AGE is the better buy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Humans love beauty, Jan 28 2011

By D. P. S. Chubert - Published on Amazon.com

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This review is from: Images of the Ice Age (Hardcover)

It's been a while since I've read the text of this book, or looked at any of the pictures, so what I'll do is describe what lingers after so many months. To wit: there's something special about being a human being, that you and I share with people whose lifeways were pretty much unimaginably different from ours. The people who made the art shown here did not know from dentists and pencils or milk jugs. I doubt if they had a concept for "o'clock." No metal, no wheels or pulleys, no insecticide. They lived twenty years, or forty max. This was art made tens and tens of thousands of years ago, by people so different from me, and yet I experience the beauty in them still. I find that thrilling.

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