Able Minds And Practiced Hands
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Able Minds And Practiced Hands
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Author : SallyM. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Able Minds And Practiced Hands written by SallyM. Foster and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Social Science categories.
One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's 1903 landmark publication, The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, twenty six essays explore the current state of knowledge of early medieval sculpture in Scotland. They demonstrate the unique value of this material in contributing to our understanding of the society and people that created it between 1000 to 1500 years ago. Today's approaches and techniques offer new insights, as well as great hope, for what might be learnt from future study of 'familiar' and new material alike. The essays exemplify the ever-diversifying, interdisciplinary approaches that are being taken to the study of early medieval sculpture. Key themes that emerge include: the interdependence of conservation, research and access; the need for a 21st-century inventory of the sculpture; the breadth and value of the wide range of the research tools that now exist; conservation issues, including the politics of how and where sculpture should be protected, and the pressing need to identify priorities for action; and, what is probably the most important development over the last 100 years, the increase in awareness of the range of values and significances that attaches to early medieval sculpture, including appreciation of context.
Able Minds And Practiced Hands
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Author : SALLY M.. CROSS FOSTER (MORAG.)
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-06-30
Able Minds And Practiced Hands written by SALLY M.. CROSS FOSTER (MORAG.) and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with categories.
One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's 1903 landmark publication. The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland. 26 essays explore the current state of knowledge of early medieval sculpture in Scotland. They demonstrate the unique value of this material in contributing to our understanding of the society and people that created it around 1500 to 1000 years ago. Today's approaches and techniques offer exciting new insights, as well as great hope for what might be learnt from future study of 'familiar' and new material alike. Book jacket.
Seals And Society
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Author : Phillipp R. Schofield
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2016-06-15
Seals And Society written by Phillipp R. Schofield and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with History categories.
Seals and Society arises from a major project investigating seals and their use in medieval Wales, the Welsh March and neighbouring counties in England. The first major study of seals in the context of one part of medieval Western European society, the volume also offers a new perspective on the history of medieval Wales and its periphery by addressing a variety of themes in terms of the insight that seals can offer the historian. Though the present study suggests important regional distinctions in the take-up of seals in medieval Wales, it is also clear that seal usage increased from the later twelfth century and spread widely in Welsh society, especially in those parts of Wales neighbouring England or where there had been an early English incursion. Through a series of chapters, the authors examine the ways in which seals can shed light on the legal, administrative, social and economic history of the period in Wales and its border region. Seals provide unique insights into the choices individuals, men and women, made in representing themselves to the wider world, and this issue is examined closely. Supported by almost 100 images gathered by the project team, the volume is of great interest to those working on seals, their motifs, their use and developments in their usage over the high and later Middle Ages.
Early Medieval Winchester
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Author : Ryan Lavelle
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2021-10-13
Early Medieval Winchester written by Ryan Lavelle and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-13 with Social Science categories.
Winchester’s identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester was felt throughout England and into the Continent through the relationships of the bishops, the power fluctuations of the Norman period, the pursuit of arts and history writing, the reach of the city’s saints, and more. The essays contained in this volume present early medieval Winchester not as a city alone, but a city emmeshed in wider political, social, and cultural movements and, in many cases, providing examples of authority and power that are representative of early medieval England as a whole.
Wearmouth Jarrow
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Author : Sam Turner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Wearmouth Jarrow written by Sam Turner and has been published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with History categories.
Presenting the results of new research on the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow—among the most sophisticated centers of learning and artistic culture in 17th- and 18th-century Europe, and the home of Bede—and their churches, this study examines the long-lasting effect of their buildings and estates on the surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The authors trace these relationships through time with new studies of the changing landscape, the monastery precincts, and the surviving structures themselves, detailing how the historical archaeology of the sites reveals how the churches and their communities were rooted in the landscapes of Northumbria but flourished through their links with other parts of Britain and Europe. Researchers from many different backgrounds contributed to the project, using aerial, geophysical, geoarchaeological, and palaeoenvironmental surveys and digital mapping to examine the monasteries and surrounding lands. This book reveals not only the link between the churches and the region’s political and economic history, but also demonstrates how their cultural significance for local people in northeast England has changed over time.
The Routledge Companion To Cultural Property
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Author : Jane Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-31
The Routledge Companion To Cultural Property written by Jane Anderson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Social Science categories.
The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property contains new contributions from scholars working at the cutting edge of cultural property studies, bringing together diverse academic and professional perspectives to develop a coherent overview of this field of enquiry. The global range of authors use international case studies to encourage a comparative understanding of how cultural property has emerged in different parts of the world and continues to frame vital issues of national sovereignty, the free market, international law, and cultural heritage. Sections explore how cultural property is scaled to the state and the market; cultural property as law; cultural property and cultural rights; and emerging forms of cultural property, from yoga to the national archive. By bringing together disciplinary perspectives from anthropology, archaeology, law, Indigenous studies, history, folklore studies, and policy, this volume facilitates fresh debate and broadens our understanding of this issue of growing importance. This comprehensive and coherent statement of cultural property issues will be of great interest to cultural sector professionals and policy makers, as well as students and academic researchers engaged with cultural property in a variety of disciplines.
Into The Ocean
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Author : Kristjan Ahronson
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-02-26
Into The Ocean written by Kristjan Ahronson and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with History categories.
That Gaelic monasticism flourished in the early medieval period is well established. The “Irish School” penetrated large areas of Europe and contemporary authors describe North Atlantic travels and settlements. Across Scotland and beyond, Celtic-speaking communities spread into the wild and windswept north, marking hundreds of Atlantic settlements with carved and rock-cut sculpture. They were followed in the Viking Age by Scandinavians who dominated the Atlantic waters and settled the Atlantic rim. With Into the Ocean, Kristján Ahronson makes two dramatic claims: that there were people in Iceland almost a century before Viking settlers first arrived c. AD 870, and that there was a tangible relationship between the early Christian “Irish” communities of the Atlantic zone and the Scandinavians who followed them. Ahronson uses archaeological, paleoecological, and literary evidence to support his claims, analysing evidence ranging from pap place names in the Scottish islands to volcanic airfall in Iceland. An interdisciplinary analysis of a subject that has intrigued scholars for generations, Into the Ocean will challenge the assumptions of anyone interested in the Atlantic branch of the Celtic world.
Taking Archaeology Out Of Heritage
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Author : Emma Waterton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Taking Archaeology Out Of Heritage written by Emma Waterton and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Political Science categories.
Archaeology has, on the whole, tended to dominate the development of public policies and practices applicable to what is often referred to as â oeheritageâ . This book aims to examine the conflation of heritage with archaeology that has occurred as a result. To do so, it asks whether archaeology can usefully contribute to critical understandings of heritage, which, the volume contends, must consider heritage both in terms of what it is and the cultural, social and political work it does in contemporary societies. Archaeologists have been very successful in protecting what they perceive to be their databaseâ "a success that owes much to the development and maintenance of a suite of heritage management practices that work to legitimize their privileged access to, and control of, that database. However, is archaeological data actually heritage? Moreover, does archaeological knowledge offer a meaningful reflection of â oethe historic environmentâ , in terms of the uses, values and associations it carries for the various and different communities or publics that engage with that environment/heritage? The volume brings together academic and field archaeologists, academics from heritage studies and community activists from the UK and Europe more generally to debate these issues.
Principles And Practice Of Embanking Lands From River Floods As Applied To Levees Of The Mississippi
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Author : William Hewson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Principles And Practice Of Embanking Lands From River Floods As Applied To Levees Of The Mississippi written by William Hewson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Embankments categories.
My Life As A Replica
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Author : Sally Foster
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2020-04-29
My Life As A Replica written by Sally Foster and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-29 with Art categories.
In 1970 a concrete replica of the St John’s Cross arrived in Iona sitting incongruously on the deck of a puffer delivering the island’s annual supply of coal. What is the story behind this intriguing replica? How does it relate to the world’s first ringed ‘Celtic cross’, an artistic and technical masterpiece, which has been at the heart of the Iona experience since the eighth century? What does it tell us about the authenticity and value of replicas? In this fascinating book, Foster and Jones draw on extensive interdisciplinary research to reveal the composite biography of the St John’s Cross, its concrete replica, and its many other scale copies. They show that replicas can acquire rich forms of authenticity and value, informed by social relations, craft practices, creativity, place and materiality. Thus, the book challenges traditional precepts that seek authenticity in qualities intrinsic to original historic objects. Replicas are shown to be important objects in their own right, with their own creative, human histories — biographies that people can connect with. The story of the St John’s Cross celebrates how replicas can ‘work’ for us if we let them, particularly if clues are available about their makers’ passion, creativity and craft.