Art Of The Bronze Age
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Art Of The Bronze Age
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Author : Holly Pittman
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1984
Art Of The Bronze Age written by Holly Pittman and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Art, Ancient categories.
Art Of The Bronze Age
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Author : Holly Pittman
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Art Of The Bronze Age written by Holly Pittman and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Architecture categories.
The ancient cultures of the Near East have become known to us slowly. Before cuneiform inscriptions were deciphered in the middle of the ninteenth century, we depended on the much later biblical, Greek, and Roman sources to reveal glimpses of the lands, cities, and rulers of ancient Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, traditionally considered the heartland of the ancient Near East. Beyond Mesopotamia, other cultures, mostly without written languages, also thrived. To the west were those of the Levant and Anatolia; to the east, those of the Iranian plateau, Central Asia, and the valley of the Indus River. Until the turn of the twentieth century these apparently peripheral cultures were known by little more than a few odd pieces, objects that floated without context on museum shelves, understood only as historical curiosities. Although there are still large gaps in our understanding, our knowledge about these regions has increased greatly, and we now know that major independent, complex cultures thrived there, not peripheral to others, but core areas themselves. With the opening of the permanent installation of the galleries of ancient Near Eastern art, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum are able to see ancient artifacts and works of art from these lands far from Mesopotamia. This publication is meant to describe objects assigned to regions far to the east of the Tigris and Euphrates where, during the period known as the Middle Bronze Age (about 2500 to 1600 B.C.), cultures thrived in eastern Iran, western Central Asian, and the valley of the Indus River, the inhabitants of each developing a way of life distinguished by its own organization and material culture. [This book was originally published in 1984 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]
Performance Power And The Art Of The Aegean Bronze Age
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Author : Senta C. German
language : en
Publisher: BAR International Series
Release Date : 2005
Performance Power And The Art Of The Aegean Bronze Age written by Senta C. German and has been published by BAR International Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) categories.
Are we to believe that Late Minoan Crete was over-run with dancers and bull leapers? As Senta German shows, dancing and bull-leaping were the most prevalent themes of Late Bronze Age glyptic art although, aside from their demonstration of a social and perhaps symbolic activity, they also had a much deeper function in Late Minoan society.
Studies In Aegean Art And Culture
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Author : Robert B Koehl
language : en
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Release Date : 2016-02-28
Studies In Aegean Art And Culture written by Robert B Koehl and has been published by INSTAP Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-28 with History categories.
The papers published here are dedicated to the memory of Ellen N. Davis, one of the most valued and beloved Aegean scholars of her generation. All of the articles are in some way inspired or influenced by Davis' own contributions to the field. In the area of metalwork, several papers investigate interconnections within and around the Aegean during the Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Ages (Betancourt, Ferrence, and Muhly, Weingarten, Kopcke), while others examine metal ware in its social context (Wiener). Papers on wall painting range from studies of pigments and optical illusions (Vlachopoulos), to representations of water (Shank). Anthropomorphic representations, or their absence, of goddesses or priestesses (Jones), rulers (Palaima), or initiates (Koehl) are also studied here with new eyes and fresh insights.
The Great Bronze Age Of China
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1980
The Great Bronze Age Of China written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Bronze age categories.
Describes the Chinese Bronze Age, including the development of the Chinese state, writing, religion and architecture.
Aegean Bronze Age Art
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Author : Carl Knappett
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Aegean Bronze Age Art written by Carl Knappett and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with Art categories.
Offers an innovative theory for ancient art and its creativity, demonstrated through the rich material and visual culture of the protohistoric Aegean.
Art And Religion In Thera
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Author : Nanno Marinatos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Art And Religion In Thera written by Nanno Marinatos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Akrōtēri (Greece) categories.
"This is a book about wall paintings and the function they fulfilled in the Bronze Age society of Akrotiri, Thera. The author discusses the frescoes in their architectural setting and in relation to the objects found in the rooms and buildings."--Page 2 of cover.
Picturing The Bronze Age
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Author : Johan Ling
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2015-02-28
Picturing The Bronze Age written by Johan Ling and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-28 with Art categories.
Pictures from the Bronze Age are numerous, vivid and complex. There is no other prehistoric period that has produced such a wide range of images spanning from rock art to figurines to decoration on bronzes and gold. Fourteen papers, with a geographical coverage from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, examine a wide range of topics reflecting the many forms and expressions of Bronze Age imagery encompassing important themes including religion, materiality, mobility, interaction, power and gender. Contributors explore specific elements of rock art in some detail such as the representation of the human form; images of manslaughter; and gender identities. The relationship between rock art imagery and its location on the one hand, and metalwork and networks of trade and exchange of both materials and ideas on the other, are considered. Modern and ancient perceptions of rock art are discussed, in particular the changing perceptions that have developed during almost 150 years of documented research. Picturing the Bronze Age is based on an international workshop with the same title held in Tanum, Sweden in October 2012.
The Decorative Art Of Crete In The Bronze Age
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Author : Edith Hall Dohan
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Decorative Art Of Crete In The Bronze Age written by Edith Hall Dohan and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
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Elevated Rock Art
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Author : Johan Ling
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2014-11-30
Elevated Rock Art written by Johan Ling and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-30 with Art categories.
How may Bohusl_n rock art and landscape be perceived and understood? Since the Bronze Age, the landscape has been transformed by shore displacement but, largely due to misunderstanding and certain ideas about the character of Bronze Age society, rock art research in Tanum has drawn much of its inspiration from the present agrarian landscape. This perception of the landscape has not been a major issue. This volume, republished from the GOTAC Serie B (Gothenburg Archaeological thesis 49) aims to shed light on the process of shore displacement and its social and cognitive implications for the interpretation of rock art in the prehistoric landscape. The findings clearly show that in the Bronze Age, the majority of rock art sites in Bohusl_n had a very close spatial connection to the sea. Much rock art analysis focuses on the contemplative observer. The more direct activities related to rock art are seldom fully considered. Here, the basic conditions for the production of rock art, social theory and approaches to image, communication, symbolism and social action are discussed and related to palpable social forms of the ñreadingî of rock art. The general location and content of the Bronze Age remains indicate a tendency towards the maritime realm, which seems to have included both socio-ritual and socio-economic matters of production and consumption and that Bronze Age groups in Bohusl_n were highly active and mobile. The numerous configurations of ship images on the rocks could indicate a general transition or drift towards the maritime realm. Marking or manifesting such transitions in some way may have been important and it is tempting to perceive the rock art as traces of such transitions or positions in the landscape. All this points to a maritime understanding of Bronze Age rock art in northern Bohusl_n.