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Editors : Bansi Lal Malla, V.H. Sonawane
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The vast corpus of rock art that occurs in most of the countries of the world serves as an almost universal expression and communication of human thought since the dawn of humanity. It is one of our greatest surviving art treasures. The intrinsic efficacy of rock art lies in its universality of appeal and to endure and sustain in a manner in which all can discern it. Until recent past, the content of rock art has been much commented on as an indicator of the stage of development of the makers of the rock art. But now, for quite some time, the attempts are being made by many scholars to explore the possibility of the proximity of rock art with the art of many living communities of the world, such as the indigenous people, the aboriginals, the tribals and the nomads. This volume is the outcome of the Global Rock Art Conference held under the auspices of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. The volume comprises valuable contributions from several scholars from all over the world such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Kenya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, USA and India. The interest of this publication lies not only in the greatest number of subjects treated but in the diversity of approaches. Almost all stages of research are represented. The major interlocking and overlapping themes have been grouped under the following eight sections: (1) Understanding rock art in a universal frame; (2) Country reports from China, India, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; (3) Cross-cultural comparison; (4) Environment, management, conservation and documentation; (5) Classification, chronology and standardisation; (6) Consideration of context; (7) Form, content and interpretation including language of symbols, religious themes and musical subjects; and (8) Artificial intelligence and rock art research. The present illustrated volume will not only interest the scholars but also the public at large. It will certainly contribute to rectify our vision of rock art. It is also an important step in the journey of exploring together, globally, the source of creative energies and modes of expressions of our ancestors.
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| Weight | 1 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22 × 11 × 2.5 cm |
| Type | Hardbound |
| Language | English |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Publisher | Aryan Books International |
| Delivery Time | 3-4 days |
| About the Editors | Dr. Bansi Lal Malla, an art historian, is associated with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. His areas of interest include both classical and vernacular traditions. He has been associated with the IGNCA-UNESCO-UNDP project on ?Village India?. Dr. Malla is the author of a number of books including The Sculptures of Kashmir, Vaisnava Art and Iconography of Kashmir, Trees in Indian Art Mythology and Folklore, Conservation of Rock Art (ed.), Cosmology and Cosmic Manifestations: A Study in Shaiva Art and Thought of Kashmir (in press) and of a number of research articles published in professional journals. Dr. Malla has participated in a number of national and international conferences/workshops and has widely travelled in India, France, Italy and Iran in connection with his field studies and conferences. Currently, Dr. Malla is engaged in the survey, documentation and study of Indian rock art and also in Himalayan studies. Prof. V.H. Sonawane retired as Professor of Archaeology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, where he was also the Director of Field Archaeology. He has 36 years of experience during which he extensively worked on various aspects of prehistoric, protohistoric and historic archaeology besides rock art including the discovery of more than 100 Harappan and Chalcolithic settlements and several rock art sites in Gujarat. Prof. Sonawane was also the coordinator of the UGC-SAP (Phase-I: 2002-07) at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayajirao University. He has completed a project on the ?Investigation of Rock Art of Western India with Specific Reference to Gujarat? and presently working on ?Symbolism of Rock Art in India?. Prof. Sonawane has presented a number of papers in various national and international seminars and almost 100 of his articles/ research papers have been published in national and international journals. |
| Content | Foreword by Chinmaya R. Gharekhan v Introduction by Bansi Lal Malla xi Inaugural Address by Kapila Vatsyayan xvii SECTION I Understanding Rock Art in a Universal Frame 1. What Makes Rock Art Universal? 1 ? Baidyanath Saraswati 2. Rock Art: A Universal Creative Act 11 ? S.C. Malik SECTION II Country Report 3. Rock Art in Guizhou, China 26 ? Zhong Lun Chou 4. An Up-to-Date Picture of Indian Rock Art 39 ? Yashodhar Mathpal 5. Petroglyphs from Raisen and Adjoining Areas in Madhya Pradesh 49 ? S.K. Pandey and Pradeep Shukla 6. Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya 53 ? M.P. Joshi 7. Sahibee Valley: A New Rock Art Region in North-East Rajasthan 63 ? Murari Lal Sharma 8. Rock Art of Orissa: A Case Study of the Lekhamoda Group of Rock-shelters 69 ? Sadasiba Pradhan 9. Rock Art in Tamil Nadu 79 ? K. Rajan 10. The Bovid Rock Art of the North-West Hejaz 88 ? Bill Jobling 11. Rock Art of Saudi Arabia: Its Distribution and Characteristics 97 ? Majeed Khan 12. Why the Ancient Chinese Artists Carved on Rocks 101 ? Yang Zhen SECTION III Cross-Cultural Comparison 13. Cross-Cultural Pictures 106 ? John K. Clegg and Sugandha 14. Indigenous and Europeans in the Rocks of Cerro Colorado in the Province of Cordoba, Argentina 116 ? Juana A. Martin De Zurita 15. Development of Buddhist Rock Art Carving in China 136 ? Wang Jin-dong SECTION IV Environment, Management, Conservation, and Documentation 16. The Key Problems in the Study of Rock Art: The Indian Case 144 ? Giriraj Kumar 17. The Conservation of Prehistoric Rock Art in France: A Few Examples 148 ? Jacques Brunet and Pierre Vidal 18. On the Preservation of Zuojing Rock Paintings 161 ? Jiang Tingyu 19. Precision in Documentation of Rock Art: The Methodological Approach 165 ? Somnath Chakraverty and Asok K. Ghosh 20. Applications of Underwater Archaeological Tools and Techniques for the Study and Documentation of Rock Art 171 ? Alok Tripathi 21. Photography and Rock Art: Towards a New Professionalism 177 ? R. Paul Firnhaber 22. The Case for the Wider Use of Three-Dimensional Rock Art Replicas 182 ? K.S. Smibert SECTION V Classification, Chronology and Standardisation 23. Rock Art in Indian Prehistory 186 ? V.H. Sonawane 24. Unique Paintings from Southern Rajasthan 198 ? Erwin Neumayer 25. New Approaches in Rock Art Discipline 210 ? Osaga Odak 26. Lascaux: Composition or Accumulation? 217 ? Paul G. Bahn 27. Four Types of Rock Art in China 231 ? Chen Zhao Fu SECTION VI Consideration of Context 28. The Functional Notion of Context in the Description, Interpretation and Recording of Rock Art 246 ? Paul Bouissac 29. Arche-texts: Lascaux, Eros and the Anamorphic Subject 256 ? Akira Mizuta Lippit SECTION VII Form, Content and Interpretation 30. Early Man at Bhimbetka 265 ? Bansi Lal Malla 31. Symmetry and Rhythm in Primitive Indian Rock Paintings 282 ? B.R. Mani 32. Creativity, Communicability and Aesthetic Appreciation of Pre- and Proto-historic Central Indian Rock Paintings 297 ? Indu Dhar Dwivedi 33. ?Prehistoric?, Modern and Contemporary Ethnographic Rock Art of Kenya 319 ? Osaga Odak 34. Andean Popular Religiosity and its Relation to Rock Art in Bolivia 332 ? Roy Querejazu Lewis 35. A Saharan Example in Rock Art Symbolism: The Engraved ?Ovaloids? of the Messak, South-western Fezzan (Libya) 344 ? Jean-Loic Le Quellec 36. Objects and their Representations: Pictorial and Linguistic 358 ? J.B. Deregowski 37. Stone Reliefs in Wu Family?s Graveyard: A Representative of China?s Stone Reliefs of Han Dynasty 373 ? Luo Chenglie and Zhang Peicheng 38. Indian Prehistoric Rock Art: Few Observations 380 ? L.S. Rao 39. Morphology and Meanings of the Edakal Rock Engravings 384 ? Rajan Gurukkal SECTION VIII Music 40. Music and Musical Instruments in Indian Rock Art 397 ? Erwin Neumayer 41. Musical Depiction in the Rock Paintings of the Pachmarhi Hills in Central India 428 ? Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak 42. Musical Subjects on Rock Art of Middle Asia 443 ? V. Meshkeris 43. Rock Art and Sound: Basic Problems 451 ? Danica Stassikova-Stukoska 44. Methods and Aims of Music Archaeology in Relation to Rock Art 458 ? Ellen Hickmann SECTION IX Artificial Intelligence and Rock Art Research 45. The Contribution of Rock Art Research to Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from the IGNCA Workshop 1991 462 ? Jean Claude Gardin 46. Dater: Artificial Intelligence Approach to Dating 470 ? S. Bharati, D. Krishna Kumar and Arun K. Pujari 47. Object Oriented Approach in Development of Expert Systems in Rock Art 478 ? Arvind Jha 48. Computers in the Documentation of Rock Art of Central India 482 ? D.P. Sharma Acknowledgements 495 List of Illustrations 497 List of Contributors and Participants 509 |
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