The World of Rock Art: An Overview of the Five Continents

IGNCA Rock Art Series

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The present volume gives an overall status of rock art in the different continents of the world. It is based on special lecture series organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) as a part of the International Conference on Rock Art 2012. These special lectures are delivered by internationally renowned scholars in the field.

It is clearb from the vast spectrum covered by this volume that although there has been a history of research on rock art, it is still exploring various avenues of growth. This volume provides an in-depth information and analysis of subject/themes which are important while keeping in view the future development of the conceptual academicprogrammes designed to encapsulate primeval vision or Adi Drishya of human being. In magnitude, vividness and richness, this is an outstanding volume.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bansi Lal Malla

Dr. Bansi Lal Malla, an Art-historian, presently associated with the Janapada Sampada Division of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. He obtained his Masters degree in History from Kashmir University, Masters degree in Museology and Ph.D. in History of Arts from the Banaras Hindu University. He is the author of The Sculptures of Kashmir (A.D. 600-1200), Vaisnava Art and Iconography of Kashmir, and Trees in Indian Art, Mythology and Folklore (in press), besides a number of research articles published in reputed Journals. Currently Dr. Malla is engaged in ethno-archaeological study of Rock Art.

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Title
The World of Rock Art: An Overview of the Five Continents
IGNCA Rock Art Series
Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788173054471
Length
xviii+170p., Plates; Colour; B/W 102; Maps 6; 22 x 28cm.
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