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OverviewThe recognition of Indian rock art as an archaeo-historical source dates back to 1868, but it was only with the discovery of Bhimbetka, the spectacularly rich rock art site in Madhya Pradesh, in 1958 that it started generating wide interest. In this book, Erwin Neumayer presents for the first time a well-rounded overview of rock art in India: visual survivals from the many layered Indian history, including the late Stone Age and later Chalcolithic periods. The book covers a vast terrain-from Ladakh and other Himalayan locations, to central India including the Vindhyas, the Satpuras, and the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, to southern Deccan and Sri Lanka-regions where the author has worked extensively. Not only the late Stone Age hunting and foraging cultures, the book also highlights the rock art of the early agricultural and pastoral people. Neumayer documents narrative picture sequences in line-drawings, while at the same time including close-up photos of well presented details. This helps to provide a fairly accurate idea of crucial figures, details of implements, among others. For the picture panels on rocks, line drawings-prepared at the spot-and octal photographs have been chosen to clarify their interpretations. Further, pictures of well-preserved paintings have been reproduced in full. Equipped with a companion CD containing the author's drawings from all major rock art sites across the country, this volume will appeal to rock art scholars, students of art and archeology, as well as general readers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erwin NeumayerPublisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 30.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.010kg ISBN: 9780198060987ISBN 10: 019806098 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 28 March 2013 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsFOREWORD ; PREFACE ; 1. Rock Art Research ; 2. Environment of Rock Art Sites ; 3. Materials and Preservation of Rock Art Pictures ; 4. Chronology of Rock Pictures ; 5. The Mesolithic Rock Pictures ; 6. The Chalcolithic Rock PicturesReviewsthorough overview of the rock art imagery of India, dwarfing many other syntheses in scope and scale. With over 1000 illustrations, this volume vibrantly exhibits the wealth and diversity of the Indian corpus of rock art, which occurs at a density of global significance ...a significant boon to Indian rock art researchers and scholars concerned with intercontinental comparisons. James Blinkhorn, Antiquity this book is truly an important addition to the rock art bookshelf and will be essential reading for rock art scholars, students of Asian archaeology and anthropologists who wish to understand the current issues and ideas about prehistoric rock art in India. George Nash, The Antiquaries Journal thorough overview of the rock art imagery of India, dwarfing many other syntheses in scope and scale. With over 1000 illustrations, this volume vibrantly exhibits the wealth and diversity of the Indian corpus of rock art, which occurs at a density of global significance ...a significant boon to Indian rock art researchers and scholars concerned with intercontinental comparisons. James Blinkhorn, Antiquity Author InformationErwin Neumayer is an archaeologist and ethnologist. He has authored (along with Christine Schelberger) Popular Indian Art: Raja Ravi Varma and the Printed Gods of India (OUP 2003); Raja Raja Varma, Potrait of an Artist: The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma (OUP 2005); and Bharat Mata: India's Freedom Movement in Popular Art (OUP 2007) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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