Hi Meena,
Those people simply had other ideas than realistic depictions. They were
absolute masters of design, and they created some stunningly great art- have
you ever seen the animals, birds, and fishes on Mimbres pottery? --some of the
most wonderful creatures ever drawn anywhere. Their images and designs had
symbolic and religious meaning, they were not intended to be likenesses. The
hominid drawings were of spirits, not people. You can still see some related
forms today in Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo kachina masks. Thanks very much for
sharing these with us.
--John Greenly
On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Meena Haribal wrote:
Hi All,
I visited Three River Petraglyphs in New Mexico near Tularosa. I was
impressed by number of birds and animals they have drawn. I took lots of
pictures, but have uploaded a few on to my Picasa website. i invite you to
try identify the birds by their GISS. I have tried my luck and would love to
know what others think. You can comment on the Picasa page itself so others
can see. Great way to sharpen your skills and think of what could have been
found between 900 to 1400 AD.
But I also thought this, during the same period, people in Eurasia had
mastered the art and had drawn and sculpted real life like likeness of
drawings. Some of the miniature painting from Rajasthan in Western India drew
minute birds with such details that with upside down binoculars when I looked
at them I could identify many of them to species level. So my question is why
these people had difficulty in drawing pictures of real likeness. Why was
their evolution so slow compared to people of the other parts of the world.
But nevertheless, they were interested in their surroundings and nature.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mharibal/ThreeRiverPetraglyphsOfNewMexico#
Are there any Finger lakes art preserved somewhere that I can visit?
Some of the hominid pictures in Three Rivers looked like that they were
drawing aliens! Very few drawings look like real human beings.
Cheers
Meena
PS;For more information on Three Rivers here is site
http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/las_cruces/three_rivers.html
Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
http://haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
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