This unique book explores the extraordinary sculpture & drawings created during the last European Ice Age between 40 000 & 10 000 years ago the oldest known figurative art in the world. Over 100 objects are featured alongside stunning illustrations including small but exquisite sculptures made from mammoth ivory engraved drawings & jewellery from the age of the great painted caves in addition to celebrated masterpieces. Featured are the Swimming Reindeer" (13 000 years old) the so called " Willendorf Venus" (25 000 years old) & the " Vogelherd horse" (32 000 years old) examining them in a new light. This compelling narrative is also illustrated with a wealth of contextual images from classical sculpture to twentieth century painting & even contemporary advertising campaigns which demonstrate surprising aesthetic parallels between these ancient works & familiar modern pieces. In this way " Ice Age Art" will bring home the point that the minds that created these objects in all their diversity & inventiveness were modern minds like our own capable of highly sophisticated thought & expression."