Image and Audience

Rethinking Prehistoric Art

Richard Bradley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2009
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-953385-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.3.2009
Zusatzinfo	84 black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	623 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-953385-7 / 0199533857
ISBN-13	978-0-19-953385-5 / 9780199533855
Zustand	Neuware