Special Issue: Australian Rock Art in the Expanded Field
Author | : Art Association of Australia and New Zealand |
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Art Association of Australia and New Zealand |
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Australian Rock Art Research Association. Symposium H |
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Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1992 |
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Author | : Robert Layton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2010-01-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521125789 |
The origins of rock art in Australia are probably as old as that of the hunter-gatherers of Western Europe, well-known for the prehistoric caves of Altamira and Lascaux. That the practice of painting and engraving on rocks continues in parts of northern and central Australia emphasises the importance of this art as a source of visual information for Australia's indigenous communities, Rock art can be 'read' to determine cultural processes and provides a durable record of thousands of years of cultural change. This book is an extensive survey of Australian rock art, presenting detailed case studies revealing the significance of both recent and ancient art for Australia's living indigenous communities. Archaeological data provides evidence of the ways in which rock art traditions have changed over 15,000 or more years in response to changes in the environment, the development of new forms of social organisation and the impact of European colonial settlement.
Author | : Bruno David |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1760461628 |
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the world. To better understand this multi-dimensional cultural record, The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia focuses on the nature and antiquity of the region’s rock art as revealed by archaeological surveys and excavations, and the application of novel analytical methods. This volume also presents new findings by which to rethink how Aboriginal peoples have socially engaged in and with places across western Arnhem Land, from the north to the south, from the plains to the spectacular rocky landscapes of the plateau. The dynamic nature of Arnhem Land rock art is explored and articulated in innovative ways that shed new light on the region’s deep time Aboriginal history.
Author | : David S. Whitley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 876 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780742502567 |
While there has always been a large public interest in ancient pictures painted or carved on stone, the archaeological study of rock art is in its infancy. But intensive amounts of research has revolutionized this field in the past decade. New methods of dating and analysis help to pinpoint the makers of these beautiful images, new interpretive models help us understand this art in relation to culture. Identification, conservation and management of rock art sites have become major issues in historical preservation worldwide. And the number of archaeologically attested sites has mushroomed. In this handbook, the leading researchers in the rock art area provide cogent, state-of-the-art summaries of the technical, interpretive, and regional advances in rock art research. The book offers a comprehensive, basic reference of current information on key topics over six continents for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and rock art enthusiasts.
Author | : Susan Lowish |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2018-05-30 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1351049976 |
This book aims to redefine Australia’s earliest art history by chronicling for the first time the birth of the category "Aboriginal art," tracing the term’s use through published literature in the late eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Susan Lowish reveals how the idea of "Aboriginal art" developed in the European imagination, manifested in early literature, and became a distinct classification with its own criteria and form. Part of the larger story of Aboriginal/European engagement, this book provides a new vision for an Australian art history reconciled with its colonial origins and in recognition of what came before the contemporary phenomena of Aboriginal art.
Author | : Nancy Underhill |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art |
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A cultural history of the city of Sydney from 1916 to 1946 through the life of Sydney Ure Smith, art patron and arbiter of taste, publisher and advertising mogul.