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San rock art / J.D. Lewis-Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis-Williams, J. David.
- Series:
- Ohio short histories of Africa.
- Ohio short histories of Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, San--Africa, Southern.
- Art, San.
- Rock paintings--Africa, Southern.
- Rock paintings.
- Cave paintings--Africa, Southern.
- Cave paintings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- "First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2011. First published in North America in 2013 by Ohio University Press."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4458-1
- OCLC:
- 828494602
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