Stone carving - Wikipedia
WEBStone carving is one of the processes which may be used by an artist when creating a sculpture. The term also refers to the activity of masons in dressing stone blocks for use in architecture, building or civil engineering.
Rock carvings at Alta - Wikipedia
WEBThe Rock art of Alta ( Helleristningene i Alta) are located in and around the municipality of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.
Rock art - Wikipedia
WEBThe term rock art appears in the published literature as early as the 1940s. It has also been described as "rock carvings", "rock drawings", "rock engravings", "rock inscriptions", "rock paintings", "rock pictures", "rock records", and "rock sculptures". Background
Petroglyph - Wikipedia
WEBRock carving known as Meerkatze (named by archaeologist Leo Frobenius ), rampant lionesses in Wadi Mathendous, Mesak Settafet region of Libya. Petroglyph of a camel; Negev, southern Israel. A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Rock Carvings in Tanum - Wikipedia
WEBThe Rock Carvings in Tanum (Swedish: Hällristningsområdet i Tanum) are a collection of petroglyphs near Tanumshede, Bohuslän, Sweden, which were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 because of their high concentration.
Dazu Rock Carvings - Wikipedia
WEBThe Dazu Rock Carvings (Chinese: 大 足 石 刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs.
Felsritzungen von Tanum – Wikipedia
WEBRock Carvings in South-West Uppland (= Aun. Bd. 27). 2 Bände. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala 2000, ISBN 91-506-1391-X. Anne-Sophie Hygen, Lasse Bengtsson: Felsbilder im Grenzgebiet. Bohuslän und Östfold. Warne in Kooperation mit dem Schwedischen Amt für Denkmalspflege, Sävedalen 2000, ISBN 91 …
Rock Art of Alta - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBIt contains thousands of rock carvings and paintings located at 45 sites in five different areas at the head of the Alta Fjord (Kåfjord, Hjemmeluft, Storsteinen, Amtmannsnes and Transfarelvdalen). More rock art made by hunter-gatherers is found in Alta than anywhere else in northern Europe.
The Rock Art of Alta | Alta Museum
WEBThe Rock art comprises both rock carvings and rock paintings made from 7000 to 2000 years ago. The rock art in Alta was inscribed into UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 3rd December 1985 as the only prehistoric monument in Norway. The World Heritage Site in Alta consists of 4 sites with rock carvings (Hjemmeluft, Kåfjord, Amtmannsnes and ...
Rock Carvings in Tanum - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBThe rock carvings in Tanum, in the north of Bohuslän, are a unique artistic achievement not only for their rich and varied motifs (depictions of humans and animals, weapons, boats and other subjects) but also for their cultural and chronological unity. They reveal the life and beliefs of people in Europe during the Bronze Age and are ...
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