A documentary called "Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos" will premiere July 1 on PBS SoCal.
Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos This new special from filmmaker Paul Goldsmith and Archaeologist Alan P. Garfinkel explores the oldest art in California, the largest concentration of petroglyphs in the western hemisphere, hidden on a military base on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
The contemporary stone art was so successful, however, that many pieces were sold to museums and private collectors.
Since about 1950, a stone art form, utilizing deposits of gray and green soapstone, or steatite, found in the vicinity of Hudson Bay, has become familiar to art collectors.
But the great repository of Paleolithic stone art is Africa, with three main concentrations in the central Sahara, central Tanzania and southern Africa.
There is the bleeding yew-tree in Nevern churchyard, next to the Great Cross, an intricately carved masterpiece of Celtic stone art, 13ft high, a thousand years old.
"From the Earth: Native Art in Stone and Clay," organized by Steve Cook, features 50 samples of the still-vibrant pottery and stone art traditions of the Eastern Woodlands region.
In many regions, notably Cambodia, Borneo, and Sumatra, numerous works of megalithic, or stone, art survive, including menhirs (single upright monoliths), dolmens (two or more upright monoliths supporting a horizontal slab), cist graves (Neolithic graves lined with stone slabs), and terraced burial mounds, all dating from the late Neolithic epoch.
For the Jabra STONE, art and style were the starting point, whereas 'science' followed the shape.
While some jewelry may be worth just the intrinsic value of its stones, Art Deco commands much more, reflecting the value set by collectors on its design, said Lisa Hubbard, a senior vice president in Sotheby's international jewelry division.
Consistent with their interest in lesser-known young artists, the Stones hired three young New York architects — Tim Bade, Jane Stageberg and Martin Cox, of Bade Stageberg Cox — on the recommendation of Thea Westreich, who has been the Stones' art adviser for 17 years.
