Image and Audience

Rethinking Prehistoric Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

There have been many accounts of prehistoric 'art', but nearly all of them begin by assuming that the concept is a useful one. In this extensively illustrated study, Richard Bradley asks why ancient objects were created and when and how they were used. He considers how the first definitions of prehistoric artworks were made, and the ways in which they might be related to practices in the visual arts today. Extended case studies of two immensely popular and much-visited sites illustrate his argument: one considers the megalithic tombs of Western Europe, whilst the other investigates the decorated metalwork and rock carvings of Bronze Age Scandinavia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-03-12
Mått:160 x 240 x 18 mm
Vikt:623 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199533855

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi
Konsthistoria inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Richard Bradley is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading.

Recensioner i media

A reviewer of one of Bradley's earliest books commented that he could only find one fault in it - that the author had the trick of making what he wrote seem so easy and natural. It is a talent that he has maintained, making any of his major works, including this, immediately take its place as a leading contribution to the field with which it engages.

Innehållsförteckning

I. THE PROBLEM WITH PREHISTORIC ART ; 1. The division of the spoils ; 2. Pattern and purpose ; II. IMAGE AND AUDIENCE IN MEGALITHIC ART ; 3. Notes from underground ; 4. The lives of statues ; 5. In open country ; III. IMAGE AND AUDIENCE IN BRONZE AGE SCANDINAVIA ; 6. Ships on bronzes, ships on stones ; 7. Crossing the water ; 8. The origin of fire ; IV. PREHISTORIC ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY ; 9. Losses in translation