{"id":3639,"date":"2019-03-14T10:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T08:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2019-07-25T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:47:24","slug":"book-launch-visionary-animal-rock-art-from-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/book-launch-visionary-animal-rock-art-from-southern-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Book launch &#8211; Visionary Animal. Rock Art from Southern Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/visionary-animal_cover-lowres-Fin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/visionary-animal_cover-lowres-Fin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3358\" width=\"359\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/visionary-animal_cover-lowres-Fin.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/visionary-animal_cover-lowres-Fin-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why were depictions of animals a crucial trigger for the birth of art? And why did animals dominate that art for so long? In order to answer these questions, Renaud Ego examined some of the world\u2019s finest rock art, that of the San of southern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Visionary Animal<\/strong><\/em> is the English translation of<em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lanimal-voyant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">L\u2019Animal voyant<\/a><\/em>, published in France in 2015 (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actes-sud.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Actes Sud<\/a>). It is a rich collection of essays on <strong>San rock art<\/strong>  from across southern Africa. The book is also a photo essay beautifully  illustrated with more than 140 photos taken by the author, <strong>Renaud Ego<\/strong>, during his field research in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the second fornight of March 2019, the author will visit <strong>South Africa<\/strong> and <strong>Lesotho<\/strong> to showcase his book. Join him for the following dates:\n\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2071858489597407\/?notif_t=event_calendar_create&amp;notif_id=1552547269350641\" target=\"_blank\">March 18 \u2013 Johannesburg @ Origins Centre \u2013 18:00 for 18:30<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkesbooks.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">March 19 \u2013 Cape Town @ Clarke\u2019s Library \u2013 17:30 for 18:00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolPlaatjeUniv\/\" target=\"_blank\">March 20 \u2013 Kimberley @ Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/afmaseru\/\" target=\"_blank\">March 22 \u2013 Maseru @ Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of Maseru <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alliance.org.za\/durban\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2013 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/afmaseru\/\">17:00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliance.org.za\/durban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 28 \u2013 Durban @ <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliance.org.za\/durban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of Durban<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliance.org.za\/durban\/\"> \u2013 17:30 for 18:00<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/witspress.co.za\/catalogue\/visionary-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&gt; More information on Visionary Animal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The book was published thanks to a partnership between Wits University Press and <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/\"><strong>IFAS-Recherche<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Capture-logos-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3708\" width=\"535\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Capture-logos-1.png 476w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Capture-logos-1-300x46.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why were depictions of animals a crucial trigger for the birth of art? And why did animals dominate that art for so long? In order to answer these questions, Renaud Ego examined some of the world\u2019s finest rock art, that of the San of southern Africa. Visionary Animal is the English translation of L\u2019Animal voyant, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17,21,22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-events","category-news","category-other-events","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3639"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3764,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions\/3764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}