essay

Bushman art

bushmen : san hunters and herders of southern africaCape Town And Pretoria • Published In 1978 • Pages: 57-75

By: Rudner, Jalmar, Rudner, Ione.

Abstract
The major focus of this study is rock art in the forms of paintings and petroglyphs found in southern Africa (primarily in Namibia and the Republic of South Africa. The authors discuss two major 'schools' of art in these specified regions -- the Formal School and the Cape Schematic School -- and how their artistic styles differ from one another. Painted burial stones are also described in the text as well as the pigments used in the paintings. The text is well illustrated.
Subjects
Prehistory
History
Paint and dye manufacture
Representative art
culture
San
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Types
Archaeologist
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1988
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Namibia, South Africa, southern Africa
Notes
Jalmar and Ione Rudner
LCCN
79302323
LCSH
San (African people)