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Title: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: runningstream on November 29, 2015, 03:38:50 AM
http://www.rockart.net.au/Gallery.html
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: runningstream on November 29, 2015, 03:54:37 AM
https://youtu.be/hXDJneVbEC8

love of simple life
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: runningstream on November 29, 2015, 04:27:31 AM


and the book perhaps the most beautiful book on the planet by Penny Tweedie

below

i know of no other more so anyway 

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8456505?q&versionId=9759562+50553286
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: runningstream on November 29, 2015, 05:24:46 AM
https://youtu.be/YyP1uOeftgA


this is the movie called ten canoes

traditional story telling

can be found on youtube the whole movie

not sure about subtitles as some parts have a narrator some are in native language

yet i have also watched it without
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: Ke-ke wan on December 23, 2015, 07:09:07 AM
http://www.rockart.net.au/Gallery.html

Have you guys looked at this website?  Its beautiful!

(http://www.rockart.net.au/IMG_1833.jpg)
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: Michael on June 30, 2017, 09:26:33 PM
I've been meaning to return to this topic for some time.

When dealing with Australian rock art, one series stands head and shoulders above all the others: the Bradshaws.

I have discussed this previously in Soma. At that time it was difficult to get access to these images for various reasons, but I now see there is much more published on them.

One of the issues is that the aboriginal tribes who are custodians of the land they are on, tended to have an ownership and privacy claim, and didn't want them published etc. But what is such a mystery about these painting is that they are so old, they probably predate the aboriginal migration. This remains a mystery and controversy.

They are distinctly different to anything else in Australian rock art. They are lithe, floating, graceful, full of artistic beauty (keep in mind they were done around the time of the last ice age), dancing, ethereal - in fact down right magical! Who painted them, and when?

Much more is now online about this mystery, but here is a sample of the art:
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/bradshaw_paintings.php

eg
(http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/paintings/painting17.jpg)

(http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/paintings/painting1.jpg)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/60804751_4d7b374b8a.jpg?v=0)

(http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/paintings/painting3.jpg)
Title: Re: Murujuga -aboriginal rock art
Post by: Nichi on July 01, 2017, 01:43:47 AM
Awesome artists indeed!