ROCK ART MADE IN TRANSLATION

ISBN 10: 1431400807 / ISBN 13: 9781431400805

Published by JACANA MEDIA, 2011

About this Item

Neuware - From the hands of Pippa Skotnes and her team who produced the beautiful and acclaimed Jacana books on the San and their rock art, Claim to the Country and Unconquerable Spirit, comes a smaller but equally handsome volume on rock art copies made by the great German ethnologist, Leo Frobenius.

Seller Inventory # 9781431400805

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROCK ART MADE IN TRANSLATION
• Publisher: JACANA MEDIA
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1431400807
• ISBN 13: 9781431400805
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 213W x 211H x 15D millimeters 213 millimeters width by 211 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth

About this title

Synopsis

Featuring rock art reproductions made by the great German ethnologist Leo Frobenius on his visits to South Africa and Zimbabwe in the 1930s, this collection offers a fascinating look into the past. This account depicts these beautiful museum pieces—some measuring several yards in length—while also considering the issue of copying, or "translating," and its implications of understanding the original. Published to coincide with the copies' first display in the South African Museum after more than 70 years of neglect, this book will certainly engage those interested in the prehistoric roots of art.

About the Author

Pippa Skotnes is a professor of fine art and the director of the Center for Curating the Archive at the University of Cape Town. She is the author of Claim to the Country and Unconquerable Spirit.