About the Book: Totem
Groundbreaking KATY HESSELLively and passionate SIR ANTONY GORMLEYA revelation
KATE BRYANFor forty thousand years, we have been carving and moulding, shaping
and chiselling, feeling our way and sensing our place in the world through
sculpture. In this accessible, story-led journey into the heart of sculpture,
renowned art historian and curator Jo Baring explores creativity, memory and why
we have been driven to make art in this medium since the very beginning of
humanity. She examines sculptures from the pre-historic Lion Man figure found in
a German cave, to an ancient Mayan pyramid that conjures a serpent made of
shadows and icons of