The Rock Paintings of the Chumash
Author : Campbell Grant
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1965
Category : California
ISBN :
The Rock Paintings of Tassili
Author : Jean-Dominique Lajoux
Publisher : London : Thames and Hudson
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Africa, North
ISBN :
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A Guide to Rock Art Sites
Author : David S. Whitley
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780878423323
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
Making Scenes
Author : Iain Davidson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789209218
Book Description
Dating back to at least 50,000 years ago, rock art is one of the oldest forms of human symbolic expression. Geographically, it spans all the continents on Earth. Scenes are common in some rock art, and recent work suggests that there are some hints of expression that looks like some of the conventions of western scenic art. In this unique volume examining the nature of scenes in rock art, researchers examine what defines a scene, what are the necessary elements of a scene, and what can the evolutionary history tell us about storytelling, sequential memory, and cognitive evolution among ancient and living cultures?
Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit
Author : David S. Whitley
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,11 MB
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1615920560
Book Description
Whitley, one of the world's leading experts on cave paintings, rewrites the understanding of shamanism and its connection with artistic creativity, myth, and religion by interweaving archaeological evidence with the latest findings of cutting-edge neuroscience.
The Little Book of Rock Painting
Author : F. Sehnaz Bac
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1633227316
Book Description
Filled with creative exercises, art prompts, templates, and step-by-step projects, The Little Book of Rock Painting encourages interactivity for immediate results, while teaching beginners the fundamentals of the medium in an engaging and fun way. In the new The Little Book of ... series from Walter Foster Publishing, artists and art hobbyists alike will delight in learning a variety of fun and interesting art topics in a portable format boasting a fresh, contemporary design. In The Little Book of Rock Painting, aspiring artists will discover how to gather and prepare their rocks to create masterpieces that are truly one with nature. Written and illustrated by three talented rock-painting artists, the book features a range of contemporary designs to experiment with, from patterns and animals to mandalas and dots. The instructions are easy to follow and invite creativity and originality. Grab your colors, head outside, and start painting beautiful works of art on stones!
African Rock Art
Author : David Coulson
Publisher : Harry N Abrams B.V.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
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.
Our Historic Desert
Author : Diana Lindsay
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
ISBN :
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Rock Art!
Author : Denise Scicluna
Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781438005324
Book Description
From brooches to bookends and beyond, you can create just about anything with the right rock and a bit of imagination. Step-by-step instructions and over 250 full-color illustrations make this the perfect gift for crafters of all ages.
A Companion to Rock Art
Author : Jo McDonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1118253922
Book Description
This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over 160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites around the world Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams, Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock art research Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India, Siberia and Europe Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses
