Publication Information
Author:
Adam, Leonhard, 1891-1960
Title:
The abstract art of the Aranda
Published in:
Anthropos -- Vol. 55
Published By:
Anthropos -- Vol. 55
Posieux (Freiburg): Anthropos-Institut, 1960. 345-354 p., 3 plates: ill.
By line:
Leonhard Adam
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 1996. Computer File
Culture:
Aranda
(OI08)
Subjects:
Decorative art (531);
Representative art (532);
Abstract:
The article describes a painted rock wall at QUIURNPA and rock engravings near Temple Bar Creek, central Australia. Adam discusses the aesthetic issues of the paintings, rather than their social context. Some introductory general observations on Aranda art as a whole are given in the first section.
Document Number:
40
Document ID: oi08-040
Document Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date:
1955
Evaluation:
Art Historian-5
Analyst:
Joan Steffens ; 1963
Coverage Date:
not specified
Coverage Place:
Australia
LCSH:
Aranda (Australian people)
