The Dawn Of Time: Australian Aboriginal Myths In Paintings
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the ancient songlines of the Australian continent emerges The Dawn of Time, a breathtaking visual and literary journey into the heart of Aboriginal mythology, brought to life through the luminous paintings of Ainslie Roberts and the scholarly narrative of Charles P. Mountford. The work chronicles the sacred Dreamtime stories — the creation myths, ancestral beings, and spiritual landscapes that have shaped Indigenous Australian culture for tens of thousands of years — presenting them in a format that is both artistically magnificent and anthropologically profound. Roberts' paintings, rendered with vivid, otherworldly colour and deeply respectful detail, give physical form to stories that exist at the very boundary of memory and time, while Mountford's authoritative text provides cultural and ethnographic context that transforms each image into a window onto a living tradition. Published by Rigby, this landmark collaboration stands as one of the most celebrated visual records of Aboriginal mythology ever produced, and remains an essential volume for anyone captivated by the world's oldest continuous culture — leaving the reader to wonder how many more stories still sleep beneath the red earth, waiting to be told.
Author: Ainslie Roberts And Charles P. Mountford
Format: Hardback
Genre: Myths & legends
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the ancient songlines of the Australian continent emerges The Dawn of Time, a breathtaking visual and literary journey into the heart of Aboriginal mythology, brought to life through the luminous paintings of Ainslie Roberts and the scholarly narrative of Charles P. Mountford. The work chronicles the sacred Dreamtime stories — the creation myths, ancestral beings, and spiritual landscapes that have shaped Indigenous Australian culture for tens of thousands of years — presenting them in a format that is both artistically magnificent and anthropologically profound. Roberts' paintings, rendered with vivid, otherworldly colour and deeply respectful detail, give physical form to stories that exist at the very boundary of memory and time, while Mountford's authoritative text provides cultural and ethnographic context that transforms each image into a window onto a living tradition. Published by Rigby, this landmark collaboration stands as one of the most celebrated visual records of Aboriginal mythology ever produced, and remains an essential volume for anyone captivated by the world's oldest continuous culture — leaving the reader to wonder how many more stories still sleep beneath the red earth, waiting to be told.