African Cave Art is the only book of its kind to examine cave art throughout Africa. The paintings and engravings discovered in African caves are amazing works of art that hold clues to understanding the history of humankind. Jean-Loic Le Quellec offers an expert analysis of this primitive art form, supplemented by photographs that capture the originality of prehistoric man's creativity. He divides Africa into four geographical zones: the Sahara, the Horn and East Africa, Southern Africa, and the west and central continent. ...
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African Cave Art is the only book of its kind to examine cave art throughout Africa. The paintings and engravings discovered in African caves are amazing works of art that hold clues to understanding the history of humankind. Jean-Loic Le Quellec offers an expert analysis of this primitive art form, supplemented by photographs that capture the originality of prehistoric man's creativity. He divides Africa into four geographical zones: the Sahara, the Horn and East Africa, Southern Africa, and the west and central continent. Each zone is characterized by a unique artistic and representational style, ranging from realism to modern symbolism. The author places the artworks into the context of their discovery by the great explorers and evokes legendary tales to elucidate these enduring traces of prehistory.
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Very Good. Size: 11x8x0; Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Tight binding. Clear text. Free of any markings and no writings inside. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Illustrated. New in New jacket. Book. Folio. Paris: Flammarion, 2004. First edition, stated first printing. Folio. Cloth binding, 212 pp. Illustrated throughout with stunning photographs in color. The paintings and engravings found on African cave walls and rocks-some ancient, some still in use today-are remarkable artworks that hold clues to understanding the history of humankind, posits ethnologist and anthropologist Jean-Loïc Le Quellec. A leading expert on Saharan cave art, he offers this detailed and heavily illustrated analysis of rock art in each of Africa's four main geographical zones-the Sahara, the Horn and East Africa, Southern Africa, and the west and central continent-describing styles that range from representational realism to abstract symbolism and patterns. Color photos and drawings depict works ranging from the so-called "Cave of Swimmers" in Libya, featured in the film The English Patient, to the hundreds of figures on the great overhang of Song at Sanga in Mali. New in new dust jacket.