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Traveling:The home of rock paintings

The Citizen Daily - Jan 21, 2012
Rock paintings are set within a hilly landscape characterised by miombo woodlands that were once home to herds of wildlife roaming peacefully in the Rift Valley area. The rock paintings in Kolo are found at 2500 m above seal level, and six km away from ...

Man's earliest works of art may be over 42000 years old

AMA - Feb 15, 2012
According to the site's director José Luis Sanchidrián, the results of the analysis of six siw rock paintings depicting seals support this claim. Scientists estimate the rock paintings to be between 42300 and 43500 years old, based on the carbon dating ...

The superlative Cape

Independent Online - Feb 17, 2012
Bushman's Kloof is known not only for its outstanding location and hospitality but also for its superb San rock paintings – over 130 of them – which lie under weathered overhangs and alongside mysterious caves. No visitor to Bushman's Kloof can miss a ...

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Oil: Landscapes with William Alexander

by: William Alexander
In this title, William Alexander invites you into his artistic world and shows you how to re-create a variety of beautiful landscapes in oil. After exploring tools and materials, he explores tips for various oil painting techniques as well as instructions for how to create special effects for landscape elements such as skies, trees, mountains, roads, clouds, and lakes. Following demonstrations that show how to develop an oil painting into a finished work of art using the unique Alexander Wet-on-Wet Technique, aspiring artists will discover how to create a beautiful finished painting in just one sitting.
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Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali

by: Khephra Burns
When an evening celebration in his village is disrupted by the cries of slave raiders, young Kankan Musa runs to find his spear, but in a moment he is taken. Suddenly, the world he has known is gone. Is he to be a slave? Or will destiny carry this son of a proud people to a different future?
Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon capture the grandeur of Africa's ancient empires, lands, and people in stunning paintings as this richly imagined tale of the boyhood of Mansa Musa, one of Mali's most celebrated kings, carries us across the continent on a triumphant journey of self-discovery.
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