Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780415063197 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 120 str.

William R. Biers;William R. Biers

Opis

The study of art history and archaeology depends substantially on dates which are given to artefacts and works of art. Very few students, however, have an understanding of matters of chronology or of the source material that determines the dates. In this study the author sets out to explain this crucial facet of classical scholarship. Short introductory chapters outline the archaeology and chronology of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The core of the study is two chapters on relative and absolute dating which seek, by use of specific examples, to convey the principles behind how dating is assigned to archaeological and artistic artefacts.

The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: classical archaeology and chronology; 2 How time is recorded; 3 Relative dating; 4 Absolute dating; 5 Interpreting the evidence; Notes; Index;

O autorze

William R. Biers