Prehistoric Art Expressions
The following are illustrations done in India ink by anthropologist-artist K.L.Kamat based on prehistoric art found in cave shelters of Central India. The original art is in a dilapidated condition, and it is very hard to photograph or decipher the layers. Experts believe that much of the prehistoric art could be ritualistic and epheramal, as the same space has been used to draw over and over again.
This rather astonishing collection of illustrations shows the ingenuity and creative abilities of even the primitive man. For anthropologists, the prehistoric art documents the period lifestyle, their tools, their parties, and their aspirations. This exhibit will challenge art historians on the evolution of modern and abstract art, and will display surprising knowledge the early man had about zoology, science, warfare, and medicine.
Many illustrations have corresponding photographs in Kamat Research Database. Illustrations are from the personal collection of Vikas Kamat.
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