Self-Representation in Upper Paleolithic Female Figurines

@article{McDermott1996SelfRepresentationIU,
  title={Self-Representation in Upper Paleolithic Female Figurines},
  author={Leroy D. McDermott},
  journal={Current Anthropology},
  year={1996},
  volume={37},
  pages={227 - 275}
}
Des autorepresentations de figurines feminines du Paleolithique superieur montrent que la representation artistique du corps humain a pour origine l'information visuelle de son propre physique, et que les images les plus anciennes du corps humain rassemblent des information visuelles egocentriques obtenues a partir d'autoportraits 
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