Author: Anne Solomon
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864307
Category : Art, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Richly illustrated in colour and black and white, this guide provides a clear understanding of a cultural treasure.
The Essential Guide to San Rock Art
Author: Anne Solomon
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864307
Category : Art, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Richly illustrated in colour and black and white, this guide provides a clear understanding of a cultural treasure.
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864307
Category : Art, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Richly illustrated in colour and black and white, this guide provides a clear understanding of a cultural treasure.
San Rock Art
Author: J.D. Lewis-Williams
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821444581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
San rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest examples of representational art. There are as many as 15,000 known rock art sites, created over the course of thousands of years up until the nineteenth century. There are possibly just as many still awaiting discovery. Taking as his starting point the magnificent Linton panel in the Iziko-South African Museum in Cape Town, J. D. Lewis-Williams examines the artistic and cultural significance of rock art and how this art sheds light on how San image-makers conceived their world. It also details the European encounter with rock art as well as the contentious European interaction with the artists’ descendants, the contemporary San people.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821444581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
San rock paintings, scattered over the range of southern Africa, are considered by many to be the very earliest examples of representational art. There are as many as 15,000 known rock art sites, created over the course of thousands of years up until the nineteenth century. There are possibly just as many still awaiting discovery. Taking as his starting point the magnificent Linton panel in the Iziko-South African Museum in Cape Town, J. D. Lewis-Williams examines the artistic and cultural significance of rock art and how this art sheds light on how San image-makers conceived their world. It also details the European encounter with rock art as well as the contentious European interaction with the artists’ descendants, the contemporary San people.
A Guide to Rock Art Sites
Author: David S. Whitley
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423323
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This unique full-color field guide is essential for anyone who seeks to understand why shamans in the Far West created rock art and what they sought to depict. Whitley is on the cutting edge of dating and interpreting the images as well as describing the
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423323
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This unique full-color field guide is essential for anyone who seeks to understand why shamans in the Far West created rock art and what they sought to depict. Whitley is on the cutting edge of dating and interpreting the images as well as describing the
South Africa's Top Sites
Author: Philip Harrison
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864865649
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Spiritual travel is an area of growth as more and more people seek refuge from the materialism and superficiality of life in the post-modern world. Spiritual travel includes pilgrimage to sacred sites, religious retreats, or simply visits to places associated with the great religions of the world.
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864865649
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Spiritual travel is an area of growth as more and more people seek refuge from the materialism and superficiality of life in the post-modern world. Spiritual travel includes pilgrimage to sacred sites, religious retreats, or simply visits to places associated with the great religions of the world.
A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest
Author: Alex Patterson
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555660918
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555660918
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.
Rock Art of Native California
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
La Rumorosa Rock Art Along the Border
Author: Donald F. Liponi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618501561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A photographic and professional archaeologic survey of the La Rumorosa rock art style. Nearly all of the half, full page and double page photographs have never been published previously. The text is contributed by regional archaeologists who add context to the images.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618501561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A photographic and professional archaeologic survey of the La Rumorosa rock art style. Nearly all of the half, full page and double page photographs have never been published previously. The text is contributed by regional archaeologists who add context to the images.
New Perspectives on Prehistoric Art
Author: Günter Berghaus
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313059578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from those of their predecessors. In the last few decades, however, new approaches to cave art, often based on discoveries made in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and the Arctic region, have produced new insights into possible meanings and functions of prehistoric paintings and sculptures. This new collection of essays explores these insights, gathering the observations of eight experts from a variety of disciplines, and examining some of the social and spiritual functions of a variety of artistic genres ranging from 40,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C. These insights, which derive from evolutionary biology, feminist scholarship, ritual studies, and new modes of anthropology, argue collectively that prehistoric art was a culture-specific form of communication that should be interpreted in the social context of early hunger-gatherer societies and should not be measured with the criteria and paradigms of modern art. Essential reading for anyone interested in prehistoric art or its cultural implications, this volume represents a bold step forward in the research and analysis of the very first artists.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313059578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from those of their predecessors. In the last few decades, however, new approaches to cave art, often based on discoveries made in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and the Arctic region, have produced new insights into possible meanings and functions of prehistoric paintings and sculptures. This new collection of essays explores these insights, gathering the observations of eight experts from a variety of disciplines, and examining some of the social and spiritual functions of a variety of artistic genres ranging from 40,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C. These insights, which derive from evolutionary biology, feminist scholarship, ritual studies, and new modes of anthropology, argue collectively that prehistoric art was a culture-specific form of communication that should be interpreted in the social context of early hunger-gatherer societies and should not be measured with the criteria and paradigms of modern art. Essential reading for anyone interested in prehistoric art or its cultural implications, this volume represents a bold step forward in the research and analysis of the very first artists.
Images of Power
Author: J. David Lewis-Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe
Author: Elspeth Parry
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 0797424555
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills Zimbabwe is an essential book for anyone visiting these hills of western Zimbabwe and for those with an interest in rock art. Copies of the paintings by Janet Duff bring the art to life. It discusses the lifestyle and beliefs of the Stone Age hunter-gathers who painted on the rocks, as well as considering the art itself and its interpretation. It concludes with a description of the major sites in the Matopop hills.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 0797424555
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills Zimbabwe is an essential book for anyone visiting these hills of western Zimbabwe and for those with an interest in rock art. Copies of the paintings by Janet Duff bring the art to life. It discusses the lifestyle and beliefs of the Stone Age hunter-gathers who painted on the rocks, as well as considering the art itself and its interpretation. It concludes with a description of the major sites in the Matopop hills.