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Author : David Coulson
Release : 2001
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis African Rock Art by : David Coulson
Download or read book African Rock Art written by David Coulson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than two hundred photographs of Africa's rock art, coupled with historical and interpretive analyses, compiled to raise public awareness of the variety, importance, and frailty of these works.
Author : J.D. Lewis-Williams
Release : 2013-02-15
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 581/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis San Rock Art by : J.D. Lewis-Williams
Download or read book San Rock Art written by J.D. Lewis-Williams. This book was released on 2013-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : A.R. Willcox
Release : 2018-01-29
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 350/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Rock Art of Africa by : A.R. Willcox
Download or read book The Rock Art of Africa written by A.R. Willcox. This book was released on 2018-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been known that all forms of art – rock paintings, carvings and scribings, and also portable sculpture – are present at various locations throughout Africa. This book was the first inclusive survey and brings together in one volume accounts of African rock art which were previously scattered in scholarly monographs, journals and travellers’ tales. The range of the coverage is geophysically comprehensive, from the Atlas Mountains to the Cape of Good Hope. The art styles are set into a firm chronological framework, and are displayed against a background of human, physical and cultural evolution. Considerable discussion is also devoted to the varied purposes which the paintings and carvings served in the communities which produced them, looking at the differing interpretations fully and fairly. A fascinating collection of illustrations, some in colour, truly reflects the variety of forms in which African rock art is manifested. Originally published 1984.
Author : Mary Douglas Leakey
Release : 1983
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Africa's Vanishing Art by : Mary Douglas Leakey
Download or read book Africa's Vanishing Art written by Mary Douglas Leakey. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
Release : 2004
Genre : Art, Prehistoric
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Book Synopsis Rock Art in Africa by : Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
Download or read book Rock Art in Africa written by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book of its kind to examine cave art throughout Africa. The paintings and engravings discovered in African caves are amazing works of art that hold clues to understanding the history of humankind.
