World rock art / Jean Clottes ; translated form french by Gury Bennett

By:

Clottes, Jean

Contributor(s):

Bennett, Guy [tr.]

Language: English Series: Conservation and Cultural HeritagePublication details: Getty Conservation Institute, 2012. Los Angeles:Description: 140 pISBN:

9780892366828

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.0113 CLO-W

Contents:

A mysterious art -- A world of images -- Four hundred centuries of rock art -- How was it made? -- The diversity of themes -- Interpretation and meaning -- An endangered heritage.

Summary: An illustrated study of rock art, perhaps the oldest form of artistic endeavour. An introductory chapter discusses the discovery of rock art and the importance of landscape and ritual. Subsequent chapters survey rock art sites worldwide, explaining how the art can be dated and how it was made.

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Books	Library, SPAB H-2	Non Fiction	709.0113 CLO-W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by R. P. Bhole		010808

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A mysterious art -- A world of images -- Four hundred centuries of rock art -- How was it made? -- The diversity of themes -- Interpretation and meaning -- An endangered heritage.

An illustrated study of rock art, perhaps the oldest form of artistic endeavour. An introductory chapter discusses the discovery of rock art and the importance of landscape and ritual. Subsequent chapters survey rock art sites worldwide, explaining how the art can be dated and how it was made.

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