John Gurche
Autor(a) de Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins
Obras de John Gurche
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The Dawn of Human's: Face-to-Face with Lucy's Family — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
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In his book, Shaping Humanity, paleoartist John Gurche answers these and other questions for us in easily accessible language and with dozens of multi-coloured illustrations. He explains how he is able to reconstruct early hominids from these bits of bones using his forensic knowledge, his understanding of anatomy and not a small amount of imagination. This book is beautifully illustrated with examples of his work, often from beginning to end showing the painstaking work required to accurately reproduce these long extinct faces and physiques from tiny shards as well as with easily understandable explanations of how he works his magic. But his sculptures are not just simply portraits of our early ancestors; he takes into account the geography in which they are found and any tools, bones, shells, etc. found on or near these shards to give us a glimpse at what their lives may have been like.
I won’t say this is an easy read but it is certainly an interesting one. I give it a high recommendation for anyone interested in man’s long journey from our first tentative steps out of the jungle, especially for those like me, with the interest but without the scientific background, to follow in their footsteps.… (mais)