Making scenes : global perspectives on scenes in rock art / edited by Iain Davidson and April Nowell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davidson, Iain, 1948- editor.

Nowell, April, 1969- editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Making scenes (Berghahn Books)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock paintings--Themes, motives.

Rock paintings.

Petroglyphs.

Composition (Art).

Physical Description:

xviii, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.

Summary:

"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?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Scenes and non-scenes in rock art / Iain Davidson

Making a scene : an analysis of rock art panels from the northwest Kimberley and Central Desert, Australia / June Ross

The "Black series" in the hunting scenes of Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturias, Patagonia, Argentina / Carlos A. Aschero and Patricia Schneier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Making scenes

ISBN:

9781789209204

178920920X

OCLC:

1164349889

Publisher Number:

99989036564