essay

Bushman art

bushmen : san hunters and herders of southern africa • Cape 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.

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)