Sentences with phrase «of ochre»

The oldest known work of art is a piece of ochre incised with abstract lines found at Blombos cave.

If you're 4WDing, take the Great Beach Drive north to Rainbow Beach, so named for the multicoloured cliffs that loom above the beach in shades of ochre, mustard, and rust.

A team working at pinnacle point on the South African coast east of Cape Town reported evidence of the use of shell fish as a food source and the use of ochre for body decoration.

Tiles, individually handmade in hues of ochre and sienna cover the walls and are complemented by rich wood panelling.

Estimate $ 300,000 - 500,000 Painted in sweeping layers of ochre, umber, sienna, grey and azure blue, Cinquecento evokes the palette and grandeur of 16th Century Italian art referenced in its title.

Ochre flow The earthier tones of ochre — more exciting than brown, less intimidating than primary yellow — make it ideal for relaxing spaces such as a bedroom.

«Brake» (2014) is a clash of horizontal and vertical stripes, with swaths of ochre drifting across the surface and a band of intense cadmium yellow along the upper edge, while in «Raft,» (also 2014), the vertical stripes run from top to bottom, with two horizontal sets constrained within shield - like shapes on the left and right, calling to mind Walker's fascination with Aboriginal and African art.

Twin Rivers, Zambia: Pieces of ochre up to 266,000 years old include a quartzite cobble stained with ochre that may be the earliest known ochre - processing tool.

Rose Cottage Cave, South Africa: Researchers have pieced together a story of ochre collection and processing that spans more than 60,000 years, from 30,000 to 96,000 years ago.

Combine teal with pops of ochre for a warming and harmonious bedroom scheme.

Day Three — Take a tour to the Ochre Pits to see the colours of ochre and learn about its traditional uses.

Signature elements of ochre stained, charcoal rubbed and sand burnished papers incorporate textures of place in the layered artworks.

He experiments with color as well, including a primavera palette of ochres, turquoise, and lavender - colors that appear infrequently in Still's oil paintings.

Ochre use became widespread in the Middle Stone Age, a period of about 50,000 to 280,000 years ago, and during this time, Hodgskiss says, «there seems to be a preference for red — a larger percentage of the ochre used was red.

Tammy Hodgskiss, an archaeologist at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, has studied sites in that country such as Rose Cottage Cave, where evidence of ochre use spans more than 60,000 years.

The vast majority of ochre used is no longer part of the archaeological record.»

The new date is based on thousands of artifacts from the Northern Australia site of Madjedbebe, including numerous examples of ochre in ground, slab and «crayon» forms.

The worked pieces of ochre there, while not fingerprinted yet, are the oldest ochre found in the region, and were discovered with pieces of obsidian that came from about 60 miles away.

Not everyone in the field is as enthusiastic about a functional interpretation of ochre.

Maastricht - Belvédère, the Netherlands: Fragments of ochre up to 250,000 years old, found among animal bones and stone artifacts, are the oldest evidence of the pigment's use by Neanderthals.

Under the microscope, the etching showed the zigzag had undergone millennia of weathering, confirming the marks were more than 300,000 years older than the previously oldest known engraving: a zigzag etched into a piece of ochre by an anatomically modern human in Blombos Cave, South Africa.

Of particular interest is a lump of ochre pigment with two perforated holes, which makes it among the oldest - known clearly worked pigments, Potts and his colleagues said.

The earliest people at the site also used «huge quantities of ochre» and are the first humans shown to have used reflective mica to decorate themselves or rock walls.

The remarkable aspect of this find was uncovering two abalone shells used as vessels for the preparation of the ochre.

The paint is a symbol of wealth, having started in the 19th century with the use of ochre transported from France.

The view from my balcony in the new East Wing at La Siesta Hoi An Resort & Spa is enticing: a saltwater lagoon pool dotted with palm trees, surrounded by a courtyard of ochre European - style villas.

This prestigious Mykonian vacation property has Cycladic architecture and is enveloped in a backdrop of ochre hills with sweeping panoramic views of nearby green fields and Agrari Bay.

When most people think of Aboriginal art, they conjure up images of ochre, dots and aerial views.

«Spire» (1958) stands out for its powerful evocation of space — not just as movements forward and back, but as the resolute locating of forms across the canvas; its airy, angular movement of ochres and bluish tints culminates, along one side, in a clamber of reds, blues, and a final, teetering black.

These earlier paintings contain overlapping black and umber brushwork at vertical, horizontal, and diagonal angles, holding forth shimmers of light — discreet underpinnings of ochre and yellow — peering between constructed sections.

In these works, a luminous red and blue oval emerges from a rich impasto of ochre and gold oil paint.

Framed by his construction of a baroque interior, in wood and velvet, of an ochre wall with moldings, lintels and working double doors, he has installed a slide show of images, together with work from artists as diverse as Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Ellsworth Kelly, May Wilson and Andy Warhol.

Nonetheless, the landscape of New Mexico is effectively conjured in the shimmering horizontal bands of ochres, pinks and myriad blues Martin began using following her move South in the 1970s.

It's a storm of acrylic dabs on an unprimed canvas, blotches of ochre and burnt orange, a red - shifted Milky Way.

The sculptural aspects of Watts» canvases are more interesting when isolated from the expanses of ochre stucco and loose snake forms.

«There is a strong rhythmic and free painterly quality in the works of 27 - year old Aboriginal artist Lloyd Kwilla that is rarely seen in the medium of ochre.

In it, a central swath of ochre evokes a portrait head while the surrounding sea of twined colors and the painting's horizontal structure suggest landscape.

In Conceal, Reveal (2010), clean, sweeping strokes of cerulean blue frame a muddle of ochre and gray, bringing life and breath to colors that previously hung stale and stagnant.

This was followed by a performance from the One Mob Dancers to commence the proceedings of Ochre Day.

Here, the seat of an Ochre sofa has been covered in an Osborne & Little floral fabric which mirrors the metallic silver grey leaf wallpaper.

The roof is painted in a kaolin tone, an amalgamation of white with a bit of ochre that is also used on the walls creating light and cordiality.

It's a dark room not helped by the prior owner's choice of ochre, sigh....

Its blue hue is carried throughout the room via a pair of custom chaises, while a pair of ochre chairs adds a shock of color.

While it may not officially be Autumn for a few more weeks, there's been a definite nip in the air these last few mornings, our Summer garden is winding down, and the maples are becoming noticeably more colorful, painted with pretty shades of ochre and vermilion.

Charming colonial towns where cobblestone streets wind past centuries - old adobe buildings painted in rich sunburnt hues of ochre and yellow and brown and coral...

The infants were directly adjacent to each other in a single burial pit, and both were covered with an undisturbed layer of ochre — probably part of a burial ritual ceremony.

For Fall / Winter 2016, Proenza Schouler showcased warm, buttery tones of ochre, brick and sable, along with some natural material accessories like leather.

Today we take a tour to the Ochre Pits to see the colours of ochre and learn about its traditional uses.