San rock art
"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 sign…
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- Full title :San rock art / J.D. Lewis-Williams.
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"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 Sanpeople."--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ohio University Press
- Place of Publication:Athens, Ohio
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
Versement en lot.
Réalisé dans le cadre du "Project Muse", monographies électroniques.
"First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2011. First published in North America in 2013 by Ohio University Press."--Verso de la page de titre.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (157 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780821444580, 0821444581
- oclc:ocn880824427
- LC Classification:DT1058.S36
- Dewey Decimal:709.01130968
Table of Contents
An ancient tradition in today's South Africa -- Conflicting perspectives and traditions -- Keys to the past -- Threads of light -- The mind in the brain -- Capturing the rain -- Making an image.
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