The animal as a sacred symbol in prehistoric art

Title: The animal as a sacred symbol in prehistoric art
Creator: Van Heerden, Johannes Lodewicus
Subject: Art, Prehistoric Animals in art Animals, Mythical, in art
Date: 1974
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MFA
Identifier: vital:2449
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007286
Description: From Thesis: Why the animal as our point of departure in this discussion of prehistoric art, and why as a sacred symbol? Prehistoric art stretched over an immensely long period, from the first evidence of the activities of Neanderthal tribes during the Mousterian period, ± 35,000 B.C., to the end of the Magdalenian, ± 8,000 B.C. We are dealing with a time-span of nearly 30,000 years, during which a strictly Zoomorphic attitude existed. The animal was the dominant feature. It was constantly used in the decoration of cave walls, on engraved stone slabs, and on all kinds of utilitarian objects.
Format: 58 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art
Language: English
Rights: Van Heerden, Johannes Lodewicus

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