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Southern Africa: San
Eland and figures S. Africa (Game Pass, Drakensberg) n.d. pigment on rock face |
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Southern Africa: San
Figures from Rock Shelter (Text: 14-7) Zimbabwe later stone age: before 1000 ce pigment on rock |
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Southern Africa: San
Ornamented Figure (”White Lady”) (Text: detail of 14-4) W. Namibia later stone age, c. 2000-2000 bc pigment on rock face |
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Southern Africa: San
Giraffes and non-objective shapes (Text: detail of 14-7) Zimbabwe before 1000 ce pigment on rock face |
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Northern Africa
Elephant (cf: Text 1-2) Libya Large Wild Fauna or Bubalaous Style, after 8000 bce engraving on rock |
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Northern Africa
Figures and Animals (cf. Text 1-4 and 1-5) Algeria (Tassili n’Ajjer Plateau) Archaic or Round Head Style, 8000-6000 bce pigment on rock |
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pigment
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The
natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue; a substance used for coloring or painting,
esp. a dry powder that, when mixed with oil, water, or another medium,
constitutes a paint or ink.
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abstract
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(in painting or sculpture): having a generalized or essential form with
only a symbolic resemblance to natural objects
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Non-obective
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Representing or intended to represent no natural or actual object, figure, or scene
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naturalistic
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derived
from real life or nature, or imitating it very closely
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scale
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the relative size or extent of an
object; size of one object in relation
to another
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iconography
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the study of the
subject or meaning, often symbolic, of objects, persons or events depicted in
works of art
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