It has often been claimed that monsters--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times.
Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and cosmopolitan trade networks that monsters became widespread features of visual production in the anc.
Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era.
The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view.
It has often been claimed that monsters--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times