Richard Bradley

Image and Audience

Rethinking Prehistoric Art

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780199533855
• ISBN-10: 0199533857
• Artikelnr.: 26172803

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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