title: An unconventional depiction of viewpoint in rock art.
abstract: Rock art in Africa sometimes takes advantage of three-dimensional features of the rock wall, such as fissures or protuberances, that can be incorporated into the artistic composition (Lewis-Williams, 2002). More commonly, rock artists choose uniform walls on which two-dimensional depictions may represent three-dimensional figures or objects. In this report we present such a two-dimensional depiction in rock art that we think reveals an intention by the artist to represent an unusual three-dimensional viewpoint, namely, with the two human figures facing into the rock wall, instead of the accustomed Western viewpoint facing out!
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pettigrew
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scott-Virtue
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*