Girafas na Arte Austral – Namíbia
Girafas rupestres em Twyfelfontein
Parte de um grande painel de entalhes rupestres mostra vários animais em diferentes estilos, alguns completos e outros não.
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Namibia has a long and rich history. The thousands of painted and engraved rocks across the country are a valuable part of this heritage. The earliest art found in Africa is 27.000 years old and comes from Namibia. This art represents the emergence of a new way of expression for the whole human race.
We want you to enjoy, but also to understand and value, the beautiful and mythical world of Namibia's rock art. No visit to a museum can replace a visit to a real rock art site.
It cannot give you the experience of fighting your way through heat and rugged boulders to a shady overhang where you suddenly face a wall covered with beautiful pictures.
However, we will try to tell you more about the people, the history and the magic of this art through this exhibition. Please remember: interaction with rock art is with the mind, not with the hands.
People should enjoy it, but in the last century more rock art has been destroyed by people touching it than by ages of being exposed to the elements.
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Twyfelfontein Park – Fotos by Africa Imagery http://www.africaimagery.com/default.htm |
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Abaixo, Twyfelfontein Site E. The “Löwenplatte”, showing the famous lion with the long tail ending in a feline's claw. The mouth of the lion is superimposed upon an antelope (deliberately?).
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Photograph by David Coulson
Courtesy of Harry N. Abrams – National Geographic Society.
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Fotos do site Bradshaw Foundation
(http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/twyfelfontein/captions.html)
Do lado esquerdo, Twyfelfontein Site C. A large giraffe on the vertical south face of stone C5. Do lado direito, Twyfelfontein Site D. Human footprints and a giraffe's head possibly associated with wavy grooves on stone D4.
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Twyfelfontein Site P. The north facing panel of rock P3. Notice the long-necked giraffe (left) and the abdomen-joined canines (right).
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Do lado esquerdo, Twyfelfontein Site R. The two giraffe (one with an extension from its snout) on the east face of the West block, site R5. Do lado direito, Twyfelfontein Site D. Several beautifully engraved giraffe on stone D20.
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Fotos do site do Museu da Namíbia
http://www.natmus.cul.na/
Descobrindo Arte Rupestre na Namíbia (Museus Africanos)
Here in our country, in Africa, rock art is always in the open, visible in daylight. “Cave art” is only found in Europe. Namibia is particularly rich in rock art from thousands of years ago. Many rocks all over the country are marked with beautiful painted and engraved pictures.
Some areas of Namibia such as the north-east, or the Kalahari, have no rocky outcrops and also no rock art. In other areas like the rocky north-west or south-east the absence of art sites is as yet unexplained.
Among the many hundreds of rock art sites in Namibia, some have gained a worldwide fame:
Todos são familiar to people across the world. One of these sites, the “White Lady” of the Brandberg, has become especially famous, even infamous. More about the “White Lady” later in this section.
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Emissões Filatélicas sobre Twyfelfontein
Os dois selos abaixo parecem iguais, não é mesmo?
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Mas não são, pois eles tem diferença na filigrana. O selo do lado esquerdo tem como filigrana a cara de um antílope, repetidamente, e o selo do lado direito tem o Brasão de Armas da África do Sul. Um foi emitido em 1954 e o outro foi emitido em 1960, respectivamente. Abaixo, as duas filigranas:
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Veja o FDC e a série emitidos em 1974 pela SWA – Sudoeste da África (atual Namíbia), sobre pinturas rupestres de Twyfelfontein.
Abaixo, série e bloco de 4 selos emitidos em 31/03/1976, cujos selos mostram: elefante (4c), rinoceronte (10c), antílope (15c) e caçador (20c). Yvert: 358/361. Scott: 384/387.
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Última atualização: 04/01/2008. |
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