| Description |
256 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Aworld perspective -- Rock art in Australia -- The Arnhem land galleries -- Gobolk. The land -- Flora and fauna habits -- Climate -- Garrewakwani. The ancestral past -- Warramurrunggundji -- Almudj, the rainbow snake -- Nagorrgho -- Morkul-kau-luan, the spear-grass man -- Namarrgon, the lighting man -- Namorrorddo -- Namarnde -- Algaihgo -- Mimi -- Bininj. The poeple -- Language groups -- Clans -- Social units -- Gunbim. The rock art -- Antiquity of the rock art -- The painted shelters -- Delek, gundulk, bimno, pigments, brushes and techniques -- Aboriginal view of the rock art -- Non-aboriginal sequence of the rock art -- Chronology of the Arnhem land plateu rock art -- Pre-estuarine period. 50,000? to 8000 years ago -- Object imprints -- Large naturalistic figures complex -- Dynamic figures -- Post-dynamic figures -- Simple figures with boomerangs -- Mountford figures -- Yam figures -- Estuarine period. 8000 to 1500 years ago -- Early estuarine paintings -- Gunbirdi bim, beeswax designs -- X-ray art complex -- Humans in x-ray -- Freshwater period. 1500 years ago to the present -- Contact period. Bim bawabon, sorcery painting -- Gunbid bim, decorated hands -- 'Rubbish' paintings/casual art -- Some art techniques, motifs and themes -- Other art forms. Rock engravings -- Earth art -- Stone arrangements -- Artists of the recent times -- Nawu barribimbom, 'those that paint' |
| Summary |
Descriptions and illustrations of rock images of the Arnhem Land Plateau; rock paintings; rock engravings; pigments, brushes and techniques; language groups and clans; Aboriginal view of rock images; chronology of the Arnhem Land Plateau rock images; 50,000 years ago to the present day images; beeswax designs; x-ray art; sorcery paintings; decorated hands; rubbish paintings, casual art; earth art; stone arrangements |
| Analysis |
Arnhem Land (N.T.) Antiquities |
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Art, Aboriginal Australian Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Petroglyphs Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Rock paintings Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
| Notes |
Bibliography; p. 250-251; Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Numbering |
N.T. author |
| Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Art.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Art
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Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Petroglyphs -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Rock paintings -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
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Rock paintings -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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| SUBJECT |
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344
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| Genre/Form |
Art.
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| LC no. |
94138261 |
| ISBN |
0730103102 |
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