Anthropomorphic Images in Rock Art Paintings and Rock Carvings

In rock art, humanlike images appear widely throughout the ages. The artworks discussed in this book range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites, in which exists the possibility of recovering the meanings intended by

Summary

In rock art, humanlike images appear widely throughout the ages. The artworks discussed in this book range from paintings, engravings or scratchings on cave walls and rock shelters, images pecked into rocky surfaces or upon standing stones, and major sacred sites, in which exists the possibility of recovering the meanings intended by the artists.

Product details

• Authors: Terence Bender Meaden
• Assisted by: Herman Bender (Editor), Terence Meaden (Editor)
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781789693577
• ISBN: 978-1-78969-357-7
• No. of pages: 334
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history