#rock art
Relic I, Watercolour, Pen and Ink Sketch, April 2020.
Garton Slack Prehistoric Inscribed Chalk Slab, Pen and Ink Sketch, 31.8.19.
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Petroglyphs of Giant Desert Centipedes (Scolopendra heros) carved into rock in Kane Creek Canyon near Moab, Utah. 2011 photo by Ron Wolf. (California Academy of Sciences)
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Rock art of Nine Mile Canyon #58 by jimsawthat
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Called “the world’s longest art gallery”, this canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. Unfortunately mining and other activities which raise lots of dust have caused irreversible damage to many of the petroglyphs by layering dust into the etchings.
Rock art of Nine Mile Canyon #57 by jimsawthat
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Called “the world’s longest art gallery”, this canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. Unfortunately mining and other activities which raise lots of dust have caused irreversible damage to many of the petroglyphs by layering dust into the etchings.
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Natural light vs UV! Love how these turned out on this rock pour.
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Hand-stencil rock art from Gua Tewet, Borneo, thought to be over 10,000 years old.
Photo courtesy of Luc-Henri Fage, via the Wiki Commons.
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Paintings from the Ajanta Caves, India, dating from about the 2nd century BC to the 6th century AD. The works these caves contain are considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art.
Photos courtesy of Tushar Dayal.
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Rock art is one of South Africa’s oldest artistic traditions.It was first made by the ancestors of San|Bushmen and Khoekhoen, South Africa’s first peoples, at least 30,000 years ago.This rock painting depicts San|Bushmen running between eland, a type of antelope that is spiritually important. Hunter-gatherer rock paintings such as this are understood to relate to a ritual practice named ‘the great healing’ or ‘trance dance’, which continues today in the Kalahari outside of South Africa.
See this amazing piece in our special exhibition on South Africa: the art of a nation, which tells a story stretching back 100,000 years. Exhibition runs 27 October 2016 – 26 February 2017.
Exhibition sponsored by Betsy and Jack Ryan
Logistics partner IAG Cargo
The Zaamenkomst Panel. Detail of rock art depicting San|Bushmen running between eland. Made before 1900. On loan from Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections and SARADA. Photo: Neil Rusch.
Aboriginal rock art from Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia.
Photo taken by Michael Wifall.
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Iron Age subterranean complex discovered beneath Turkish home
““When the Assyrian Empire exercised political power in south-eastern Anatolia, Assyrian governors expressed their power through art in Assyrian courtly style,” said Dr Adalı.
However, the accompanying inscriptions tell the story of integration, rather than conquest. They are written in the local language of Aramaic, rather than Assyrian, and the artwork features religious themes from Anatolia and Syria.”
kindness rocks!
PRETTY GOOD FOR A MONDAY, By Andrew Greenstone. In this issue: Sleeplust, West Coast Weekend, and Molly Moore play at The Satellite in Los Angeles.
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RIP Kieth Flint of @theprodigyofficial Your life and legacy has had such an impact on the kind of man I have grown up to be. I will never forget loosing my virginity to “Fire Starter” playing on repeat at my stepdads basement. Those were truly formative times. I think the greatest injustice is that you passed before @jaredleto had a chance to apologize for stealing your look in #suicidesquad. Where you’re going the race never stops my friend.
On My 17th 2018 I went to a free show at the Echo in Los Angeles. This is a comic about that.
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Andrew Greenstone 2019
Titus Andronicus and Control Top at the Bootleg Theater September 25th.
I threw my back out dancing at this show and it hasn’t been the same since.
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The Ledberg Stone
Östergötland, Sweden, 11th century
The Ledberg stone, designated as Ög 181, is a runestone located in Sweden. It features a figure with his foot at the mouth of a four-legged beast that is above a legless, helmeted man, with his arms in a prostrate position. This is considered to be a depiction of Odin being devoured by the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök, the final battle in Norse mythology. During this final battle between the Norse gods known as the Æsir and the giants in which several of the gods meet their death, Odin dies fighting the wolf Fenrir. The battle and death of Odin is described in the poem Völuspáfrom the Poetic Edda.
The runic inscription of the Ledberg stone is carved in the runic alphabet, and is dated to the 11th century. The last part contains section has been interpreted as a rhyming charm or spell and reads: þmk iii sss ttt iii lll which is to be read as þistil mistil kistil or thistle,mistletoeandcasketrespectively. (x)
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5,000-Year-Old Rock Art Depicting “Celestial Bodies” Revealed in Siberia…
Image Credit: Vladimir Kubarev/IAET SB RAS.
Tassili prehistorical murals in the Sahara Desert in Africa (Algeria & Morocco)
A. Running men in a Tassili mural (artistic interpretation sketch & original and copy below) (from Samorini, 2001).
B. A shaman covered by mushrooms (original on the right, a copy on the left) (by Samorini, 2001).
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NEW DISCOVERY!!!
Eight-mile wall of prehistoric rock art in Colombia featuring animals and humans created 12,500 years ago!!!
“The symbols seen on relics from Stone Age Europe are also found in caves throughout the rest of the world. The similarities suggest the marks are more than just random scribbles…”
Rock painting has fast become a real love of mine. It’s so much fun! This is a little Russian Doll I finished a couple of days ago. Happy Saturday! xx
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