{"product_id":"the-eternal-present-volume-i-sigfried-giedion-9780691251905","title":"The Eternal Present, Volume I: The Beginnings of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking reevaluation of paleolithic art through the lens of modernism, from the acclaimed historian of art and architecture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Beginnings of Art\u003c\/i\u003e, Sigfried Giedion, best known as a historian of architecture, shifts his attention to art and its very origins. Breaking with an earlier, materialistic approach, he explores paleolithic art by bringing abstraction, transparency, and simultaneity into play as modern art has revealed them anew. Focusing on the dual concepts of constancy and change, he examines paleolithic paintings, engravings, and sculpture, as well as modern art and recent examples of \"primitive art.\" He argues that the two keys to the meaning of prehistoric art are the \u003ci\u003esymbol\u003c\/i\u003e, portraying reality before reality exists, and the \u003ci\u003eanimal\u003c\/i\u003e as humankind's superior in the unified primordial world in which both human and animal were embedded. The result is a highly original and important study of prehistoric art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sigfried Giedion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691251908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691251905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Sigfried Giedion","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087470706943,"sku":"9780691251905","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c569304f-0bee-4e8e-a415-5a0c601920f2.jpg?v=1753849983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-eternal-present-volume-i-sigfried-giedion-9780691251905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}