TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biswas,S S (ed.)
TI  - ROCK ART: Catalogue
SN  - 97881910063516
U1  - 759.011 3 
PY  - 2012////01/01
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art
KW  - Rock Art
KW  - Paintings
KW  -  Rock paintings--India--Catalogs
KW  - Petroglyphs--India--Catalogs
KW  - Art, Prehistoric--India--Catalogs
KW  - Indian Archaeological Society, issuing body
KW  - Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, issuing body
KW  - Contents:- Rock Art-India-Rock Art-World-Living Art Traditions-India-Rock ArtIndia : Central Region:Madhya Pradesh:Chhattisgarh-Western Region : Rajasthan-Southern Region : Karnataka-Tamilnadu-Kerala-Eastern Region : Jharkhand--Odisha-Bihar : Northern Region-Ladakh-Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh : Rock Art-World-Africa : Asia -America : North and South
N1  - Rock art refers to paintings and engravings found on the surfaces of rock shelters and caves. The art forms executed usually tend to show animals and their hunting scenes. In other cases human figures drawn in a series are shown in dancing modes. While in some other cases one can see such activities as honey collection, fishing or even grinding cereals. Besides these, palm prints constitute another common depiction. Rock art evidences are known from almost all over the world. Some of these may be 20,000 to 30,000 years old while there are others which are as young as 600-800 years. The continuity of the human urge to paint or engrave is not only culturally very significant but it also shows consistent behaviour of man in time and space. In India we find a continuing folk tradition of executing art. These are connected with complex series of rituals and are supported by oral traditions.
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