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Aboriginal Art- Warlpiri, Paul Faulstich
Aboriginal Art- Warlpiri, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Indigenous Australians produce rich and diverse art expressive of their relationships with the land and the cosmos. By way of example, this entry focuses on Warlpiri graphic art of the Western Desert region of Australia.
Rock Art – Australian Aboriginal, Paul Faulstich
Rock Art – Australian Aboriginal, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Aboriginal people of Australia have a rich heritage of carving and painting on rocks, extending back well more than 20,000 years. Rock art, Australia's oldest surviving art form, expresses the Aborigines' social, economic and religious concerns through the centuries
X-Ray Rock Art Of Australia And Southeast Asia, Paul Faulstich
X-Ray Rock Art Of Australia And Southeast Asia, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Throughout the world, cultures have expressed social, economic, and religious concerns through art. As the oldest surviving artistic form, rock art illustrates mankind's continuing effort to understand his place in the material and immaterial worlds. The study of rock art can lend an important insight into prehistory, as it provides the earliest illustration of beliefs, technologies, and activities.
Dangerous 'Preservation' In Malaysia, Paul Faulstich
Dangerous 'Preservation' In Malaysia, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
A recent article appeared in a daily newspaper of Kuala Lumpur reports on alarming preservation measure that the Muzium Negara intends to implement at the Gua Tambun rock art site. They must be halted immediately if the rock paintings are to remain in a pristine state.