Rock paintings in Southern Africa
IMAGES:http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/field_projects/sarap/sarap_images.html
THINGS to THINK
ABOUT:
the pebble is a FOUND
OBJECT. What does that
mean? What does that
tell us about Prehistoric
man?
It is PORTABLE.
Did Prehistoric man
move around? Why?
In 1969, six painted rock fragments were found in Namibia. Named after the Apollo 11 space expedition to the moon of the same year, they are one of the oldest examples of rock painting in Africa and in the world.
Why did they paint IN PROFILE?
“The aim of the earliest painters was to create a convincing image of the subject, a kind of ‘pictorial definition’ of the animal, capturing its very essence, and only the profile view met their needs.” – all-history.org
THINGS to THINK ABOUT: How do we SEE the subjects of Prehistoric art? From the front? Or from the side?
Source: “Images of Power” Lewis-Williams and Dowson. Copy by H.Pager
Found in 1917 by Reinhardt Maack, who was preparing a map of the Brandberg mountain in Namibia.
The ‘White Lady’ of Brandberg
The San ‘Bushmen’ people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c246fZ-7z1w
Take notes while you listen. In pairs, think of a question (for which you have the answer).
A modern-day San healer, or ‘shaman’
THINGS to THINK ABOUT:
What sound is their language based on?
http://www.ezakwantu.com/Gallery%20Brandberg%20-%20The%20White%20Lady%20-%20Namibia.htm
The paintings in Brandberg are believed to be between 2000 and 4000 years old (Bronze Age) and are attributed to the San Bushmen people.
The White Lady of Brandberg: rock painting, Namibia, discovered in 1917 by Reinhardt Maack. It got its name from French archaeologist Abbot Henri Breuil and, contrary to what was originally believed, it shows a man (not a woman) who is a shaman painted in white.
Sources and extra information:
Gardner’s Art through the Ages‘Images of Power’ by Lewis-Williams and Dowsonhttp://all-history.org/2-3.html
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/past_exhibitions/2013/ice_age_art.aspx http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/field_projects/sarap/ http://www.essential-humanities.net
http://www.namibiatourism.org/place/brandberg
http://www.ezakwantu.com
http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/sterkfontein.htm#.UjWYDhaCJ5k
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