Image and Audience
Rethinking Prehistoric Art
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 March 2009
- ISBN 9780199533855
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 240x160x18 mm
- Weight 623 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 84 black & white illustrations 0
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
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.
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.
Table of Contents:
I. The Problem with Prehistoric Art
The division of the spoils
Pattern and purpose
II. Image and Audience in Megalithic Art
Notes from underground
The lives of statues
In open country
III. Image and Audience in Bronze Age Scandinavia
Ships on bronzes, ships on stones
Crossing the water
The origin of fire
IV. Prehistoric Art and Archaeology
Losses in translation
