{"product_id":"paleoart-visions-of-the-prehistoric-past-9783836555111","title":"Paleoart Visions Of The Prehistoric Past 9783836555111","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"icon-wrapper\"\u003eDinosaurs Are Forever\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"accordionheight\" class=\"accordion__content active\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"read-more__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eA pictorial history of paleoart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of \u003cstrong\u003epaleoart\u003c\/strong\u003e, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, \u003cstrong\u003eartists the world over have conjured up visions of dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, cavemen, and other creatures\u003c\/strong\u003e, shaping our understanding of the primeval past through their exhilarating images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this unprecedented new book, writer \u003cstrong\u003eZoë Lescaze \u003c\/strong\u003eand artist \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/walton-ford\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/walton-ford\/\"\u003eWalton Ford\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003epresent the \u003cstrong\u003eastonishing history of paleoart from 1830 to 1990\u003c\/strong\u003e. These are not cave paintings produced thousands of years ago, but modern visions of prehistory: stunning\u003cstrong\u003e paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, mosaics, and murals \u003c\/strong\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an incisive essay from Lescaze, a preface by Ford, four fold-outs, and dozens of details, the book showcases a stunning collection of artworks culled from\u003cstrong\u003e major natural history museums, obscure archives, and private collections\u003c\/strong\u003e, and includes new 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,\u003cem\u003e Paleoart \u003c\/em\u003eis a\u003cstrong\u003e celebration of prehistoric animals in art, and a novel chance to understand our favorite extinct beasts through an art historical lens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe contributing author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/walton-ford\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/walton-ford\/\"\u003eWalton Ford\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 1960, studied filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon realized he was a painter. For the last 25 years he has been creating large-scale narrative watercolors. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo shows at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe editor and author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoë Lescaze\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor based in New York City, where she was born and raised. Her articles and criticism have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. With collaborators, she has worked on exhibitions of paleoart and fossils at museums in Harlem, The Netherlands, and Zürich, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003ePaleoart. 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