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Thousands
of years ago, the Sahara enjoyed a much kinder climate than today and
rock art paintings reflect this luxuriance on the walls of innumerable
Saharan caves. Sheltered under rocks, huddled amid erratic blocks, on
stones polished by ice or lashed by storms, the Neolithic artists of the
Sahara faithfully reproduced what they saw or remembered. Their work forms
an astonishing encyclopedia of animals, from powerful predators to pelicans.
Daily activities of human life –hunting and toiling– are charted
in detail. The images of this book, carefully reproduced in the smoothness
of their natural lighting, recount the story of the Sahara, clearly depicting
its transition from lush grass to golden but sterile sand. Tikatoutine
is a profound and startling testimony of the Saharan world six thousand
years before the Christian era. Through a selection of breathtaking landscape
panoramas inserted throughout the book, Alain Sèbe also pays attention
to the dramatic environment of the caves and restitutes the grandeur of
the Algerian Sahara. |
Available in French (Alain Sèbe
Images, Vidauban) and in German (Schillinger verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau). 216 pp., 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in), 130 colour photographs, out of which 71 reproduced full-size, featuring rock art paintings and landscapes, 24 duotone, out of which 12 full-size, dedicated to the engravings of Wadi Djerat, 5 maps, introductory text (in French) about rock art painting, comprehensive captions. € 53.00 |
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