Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
"There are no images of the Buddha in early Buddhist art. Instead, signs like a tree, a wheel, a seat and footprints seem to point to his presence. This so-called Buddhist aniconic art has been explained by a prohibition against images of the Buddha or by a doctrine that made it…
"There are no images of the Buddha in early Buddhist art. Instead, signs like a tree, a wheel, a seat and footprints seem to point to his presence. This so-called Buddhist aniconic art has been explained by a prohibition against images of the Buddha or by a doctrine that made it…
