Seeing is deceiving : rock art and the non-visual

Author

Ouzman, Sven

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Aesthetics and rock art

Author (monograph)

Heyd, Thomas (Editor, Collective Author); Clegg, John (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Aesthetics and rock art. 2005, 253-269, 8 ill., 1 map

Publisher

Ashgate, Aldershot (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Describes evidence of the (creator's) intention to involve other senses than sight in southern African rock engravings. Explains that in San parietal art, techniques of hammering, rubbing, cutting, and flaking appealed to the senses of sound and touch, and further, evoked the spiritual potency (and even possession) of a place. Highlights gong rocks (large natural boulders), shamanism, and interpersonal relations.

Subject (en)

• General history of art
• Rupestrian art
• Rock [objects]
• Rock [land mass]
• Painting
• Engraving
• Technique
• Rubbing
• South Africa
• San (African people)
• Senses
• Sight
• Touch
• Sound
• Power
• Spirituality
• Shamanism
• Relations

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art
• Rupestre (art)
• Roche
• Rocher
• Peinture
• Burin
• Technique
• Calque par frottage
• Afrique du Sud
• San (peuple)
• Sens
• Vue
• Toucher, Le
• Son
• Pouvoir
• Spiritualité
• Chamanisme
• Relations

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00025139

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