Austalian Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Australians traditionally used art as a means of communication or expression in different forms such as rock engravings, cave paintings and designs cut into trees, wooden articles such as boomerangs and on their bodies (scarification). The symbols of their artwork were expressions of their beliefs, the Dreamtime and Dreaming stories or in some cases were records of specific events. Whatever they drew, engraved or painted onto such surfaces as sand, earth, rock, trees or wood had significant meanings to them.
History of the aboRIGINALS
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Australian Aboriginal man
To understand Aboriginal art in the 20th and 21st century, we need to consider some history of our people. Australian Aboriginals have inhabited Australia since the dawn of recorded history. Indigenous Australians migrated from Africa to Asia around 70,000 years ago and arrived in Australia around 50,000 years ago. These people are father and mother of the ancient Australian Aboriginal Arts. As mentioned above, art was a different way of communication or expression.
Australian Indigenous art is the oldest ongoing tradition of art in the world. It has been said that Australian aboriginals spent the most effort as times on art than any other race. Aborigines of all tribes paintes (and engraved) on caves, rocks, barks, sand, didgeridoos, boomerranges, huts (which they lived in) and their bodies.
Australian Indigenous art is the oldest ongoing tradition of art in the world. It has been said that Australian aboriginals spent the most effort as times on art than any other race. Aborigines of all tribes paintes (and engraved) on caves, rocks, barks, sand, didgeridoos, boomerranges, huts (which they lived in) and their bodies.