Prehistoric Art Of Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor damage to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible.
A landmark work in the study of Indigenous Australian visual culture, Prehistoric Art of Australia presents a comprehensive survey of the ancient rock art traditions found across the Australian continent. Dacre Stubbs chronicles the rich and diverse artistic expressions of Aboriginal peoples, from the iconic Wandjina figures of the Kimberley to the dynamic X-ray style paintings of Arnhem Land, situating each within its cultural and geographical context. The work argues that these ancient images are not mere decoration but sophisticated visual languages encoding spiritual, social, and environmental knowledge accumulated over tens of thousands of years. Written with both scholarly rigour and accessible prose, it stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the deep history of human creative expression in Australia.
Author: Dacre Stubbs
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor damage to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible.
A landmark work in the study of Indigenous Australian visual culture, Prehistoric Art of Australia presents a comprehensive survey of the ancient rock art traditions found across the Australian continent. Dacre Stubbs chronicles the rich and diverse artistic expressions of Aboriginal peoples, from the iconic Wandjina figures of the Kimberley to the dynamic X-ray style paintings of Arnhem Land, situating each within its cultural and geographical context. The work argues that these ancient images are not mere decoration but sophisticated visual languages encoding spiritual, social, and environmental knowledge accumulated over tens of thousands of years. Written with both scholarly rigour and accessible prose, it stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the deep history of human creative expression in Australia.