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The rock paintings of Zimbabwe are perhaps the least-known artistic treasures of Africa. In their abundance, variety, complexity, accuracy of observation, delicacy of execution and richness of symbolism, they are unsurpassed by any prehistoric art. This book, through detailed comparative analyses of a large number of these paintings, never before studied or illustrated, shows how the subjects were selected, how the paintings were executed, and the conventions that determined their styles and forms.
The paintings are thousands of years old, and the culture of the Stone Age hunters and foragers who created them was extinguished so long ago that it does not survive even as a distant memory. However, through an understanding of the basic tenets of San societies that have been recorded or still survive in the Kalahari Desert and its fringes, the author has reconstructed something of the significance of the paintings to their creators.
He places them in the context of the life and beliefs of the society that created them, explores the perceptions and ideas that they represent and interprets something of their symbolism.
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Art, Prehistoric, Prehistoric Art, Rock paintings, Art, africanPlaces
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The Hunter's vision: the prehistoric art of Zimbabwe
1995, University of Washington Press
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The Hunter's vision: the prehistoric art of Zimbabwe
1995, British Museum Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
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