The Cultural Life of Images : Visual Representation in Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780415106757 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 296 str.

B. Molyneaux; Brian Molyneaux

Opis

With subjects ranging from prehistoric artworks to excavation drawings, scientific illustrations, artists impressions of ancient sites and contemporary landscapes, this study explores how pictures and representations of the past shape our perceptions and our expectations of the past.

Recenzje

'The Cultural Life of Images is a book I would recommend to all practising archaeological illustrators.' - Graphic Archaeology

'This volume is a must for anyone researching art and its role with the past.' - George Nash, 3rd Stone

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: Art, Landscape, And The Past; 2: Drawing Inferences; 3: Things, and Things Like Them; 4: ‘ To See is to Have Seen '; 5: Photography and Archaeology; 6: Representation and Reality in Private Tombs of the Late Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt; 7: Some Greek Images Of Others; 8: The Art and Archaeology of Custer's Last Battle; 9: Revolutionary Images; 10: The Power Of The Picture; 11: Focusing on the Past; 12: The Painter and Prehistoric People

O autorze

Brian Leigh Molyneaux is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of South Dakota.