A Short History of Culture, from Prehistory to the Renaissance

16th century abstract ancestors ancient animal appears artists Aurignacian Beowulf Bronze Age brought Byzantine carried centre Christ Church churinga colour conflict cosmic cult culture culture-hero dance dead death deep developed Dionysos divine Djanggawul drama dual dual heroes early earth Egypt Egyptian elements empire Enlil epic expressed feudal figure Fools Gilgamesh gods Gothic Gravettians Greek head heaven hero Hittite holy human idea imagery Italy killed king land Lascaux later Lethaby linked Magdalenian magical masks medieval Michelangelo mime mother movement myth nature neolithic Ningursu oktoechos organisation painting paleolithic patterns peasant played poem poet popular priest relation Renascence rhythm rites ritual Roman round sacred seems sense shaman shamanist social society song sort spirit stone struggle stupa Sumerian symbolism taboos temple theme things thought totemic tradition tree tribal tribe trobador twins underworld unity whole women