Rock Art
Art Sites
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Baubalus Period
earliest period of rock engraving, often very detailed and naturalistic wild animals; extinct buffalo, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, ostriches, and rhinos
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Tsodilo
World Heritage Site in Botswana created 24,000 years ago - 4,500 rock paintings showing rhinos, giraffes, lions, whales and penguin
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Cattle Period
smaller, less naturalistic and less detailed domesticated and wild animals
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Tassili n’ Ajjer: rock site in the Sahara Desert created 10,000 BCE - rock paintings and engravings showing life and animals
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Horse Period
features 3 phases - Chariot Sub-Period, Horseman Sub-Period, Horse and Camel Sub-Period
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Cave of Swimmers: Rock site in Libyan Sahara Desert created 10,000 years ago - great lake existed during the last ice age present day Sudan
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Camel Period
the latest rock engraving period - camel are featured but also antelopes, gazelles, goats, and cattle.
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What is the oldest-known African art form
Rock Art
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Why are Engravings more widely dispersed?
Engravings don't need protection from the elements like cave paintings do
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What were some effects of colonization on art?
- missionaries encouraged discard art used in religious rituals
- there are so many European museums showing African art because colonizers brought back the art
- lots of art in European museums