Sculpture And Archaeology
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Sculpture And Archaeology
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Author : Andrew Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Sculpture And Archaeology written by Andrew Jones 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 Art categories.
In recent years the intersections between art history and archaeology have become the focus of critical analysis by both disciplines. Contemporary sculpture has played a key role in this dialogue. The essays in this volume, by art historians, archaeologists and artists, take the intersection between sculpture and archaeology as the prelude for analysis, examining the metaphorical and conceptual role of archaeology as subject matter for sculptors, and the significance of sculpture as a three-dimensional medium for exploring historical attitudes to archaeology.
The Lives Of Sumerian Sculpture
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Author : Jean M. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-08
The Lives Of Sumerian Sculpture written by Jean M. Evans 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 2012-10-08 with Art categories.
This book examines the sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350 BC) of Sumer, a region corresponding to present-day southern Iraq. Featured almost exclusively in temple complexes, some 550 Early Dynastic stone statues of human figures carved in an abstract style have survived. Chronicling the intellectual history of ancient Near Eastern art history and archaeology at the intersection of sculpture and aesthetics, this book argues that the early modern reception of Sumer still influences ideas about these sculptures. Engaging also with the archaeology of the Early Dynastic temple, the book ultimately considers what a stone statue of a human figure has signified, both in modern times and in antiquity.
Art And Archaeology
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
Art And Archaeology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with Archaeology categories.
Nok
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Author : Peter Breunig
language : en
Publisher: Africa Magna Verlag
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Nok written by Peter Breunig and has been published by Africa Magna Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Social Science categories.
This book provides insights into the archaeological context of the Nok Culture in Nigeria (West Africa). It was first published in German accompanying the same-titled exhibition “Nok – Ein Ursprung afrikanischer Skulptur” at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt (30th October 2013 – 23rd March 2014) and has now been translated into English. A team of archaeologists from the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main has been researching the Nok Culture since 2005. The results are now presented to the public. The Nok Culture existed for about 1500 years – from around the mid-second millennium BCE to the turn of the Common Era. It is mainly known by the elaborate terracotta sculptures which were likewise the focus of the exhibition. The research of the archaeologists from Frankfurt, however, not only concerns the terracotta figures. They investigate the Nok Culture from a holistic perspective and put it into the larger context of the search for universal developments in the history of mankind. Such a development – important because it initiated a new era of the past – is the transition from small groups of hunters and gatherers to large communities with complex forms of human co-existence. This process took place almost everywhere in the world in the last 10,000 years, although in very different ways. The Nok Culture represents an African variant of that process. It belongs to a group of archaeological cultures or human groups, who in part subsisted on the crops they were growing and lived in mostly small but permanent settlements in the savanna regions south of the Sahara from the second millennium BCE onwards. The discovery of metallurgy is the next turning point in the development of the first farming cultures. In Africa the first metal used was not copper or bronze as in the Near East and Europe, but iron. The people of the Nok Culture were among the first that produced iron south of the Sahara. This happened in the first millennium BCE – about 1000 years after the agricultural beginning. While iron metallurgy spread rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, the terracotta sculptures remained a cultural monopoly of the Nok Culture. Nothing comparable existed in Africa outside of Ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean coast. The oldest, securely dated clay figures date back to the early first millennium BCE. Currently, it seems as if they appeared in the Nok Culture before iron metallurgy, reaching their peak in the following centuries. At the end of the first millennium BCE they disappeared from the scene. There is hardly any doubt about the ritual character of the Nok sculptures. Yet, central questions remain unanswered: Why did such an apparently complex world of ritual practices develop in an early farming culture just before or at the beginning of the momentous invention of iron production? Why were the elaborate sculptures – as excavations show – intentionally destroyed? And why did they disappear as suddenly as they emerged?
The Archaeology Of Art
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Author : Andrew Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Archaeology Of Art written by Andrew Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with HISTORY categories.
How can archaeologists interpret ancient art and images if they do not treat them as symbols or signifiers of identity? Traditional approaches to the archaeology of art have borrowed from the history of art and the anthropology of art by focusing on iconography, meaning, communication and identity. This puts the archaeology of art at a disadvantage as an understanding of iconography and meaning requires a detailed knowledge of historical or ethnographic context unavailable to many archaeologists. Rather than playing to archaeology's weaknesses, the authors argue that an archaeology of art should instead play to archaeology's strength: the material character of archaeological evidence. Using case studies - examining rock art, figurines, beadwork, murals, coffin decorations, sculpture and architecture from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and north Africa -the authors develop an understanding of the affective and effective nature of ancient art and imagery. An analysis of a series of material-based practices, from gesture and improvisation to miniaturisation and gigantism, assembly and disassembly and the use of distinctions in colour enable key concepts, such as style and meaning, to be re-imagined as affective practices. Recasting the archaeology of art as the study of affects offers a new prospectus for the study of ancient art and imagery.
Ateliers And Artisans In Roman Art And Archaeology
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Author : Stine Birk
language : en
Publisher: Jra Supplementary
Release Date : 2012
Ateliers And Artisans In Roman Art And Archaeology written by Stine Birk and has been published by Jra Supplementary this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
"Papers based on a session held at the 109th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Chicago, January 3-6, 2008."
Displaying The Ideals Of Antiquity
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Author : Johannes Siapkas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-08-29
Displaying The Ideals Of Antiquity written by Johannes Siapkas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-29 with Art categories.
Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity investigates the study and display of ancient sculpture from archaeological, art historical, and museum studies perspectives. Ancient sculptures not only give us knowledge about ancient Greek and Roman pasts, but they also mediate ideals that inform modern perceptions of antiquity. This book analyzes how an art historical tradition establishes and preserves an idealized view of antiquity in classical archaeology and in museum exhibitions. The authors investigate how these ideals are kept alive today—an approach that often is neglected in studies on ancient reception.This book offers an international scope and illustrates how academic conceptual foundations influence museum exhibitions.This timely volume discusses contemporary museum exhibitions of ancient sculpture and clarifies how old discourses continue to affect museum exhibitions and conceptualizations of ancient sculptures. The authors analyze close to 100 museums around the world, and demonstrate the ways in which ancient sculptures are mediated across Europe and the West.
History Of Early Stone Sculpture At Mathura Ca 150 Bce 100 Ce
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Author : Sonya Rhie Quintanilla
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-03-15
History Of Early Stone Sculpture At Mathura Ca 150 Bce 100 Ce written by Sonya Rhie Quintanilla and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-15 with Art categories.
This volume provides the first comprehensive chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura. It includes new evidence for the reattribution of objects, emergence of the anthropomorphic Buddha image, and predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism.
Art And Archaeology Of Antiquity
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Author : Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Art And Archaeology Of Antiquity written by Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
Preface Greek and Roman Portraits in North American Collections An Etruscan Zoo Revisited Aphrodisiaca: Satyr, Maenad and Eros Four Important Roman Imperial Sestertii: Trajan, Hadrian and Septimius Severus The Statue of the Damaskenos at the American School at Athens A Greek Theme and its Survivals: The Ruler's Shield in Tomb and Temple Cappadocia on the Eve of the Byzantine Empire Young Man on Horseback (500 B.C.) Classical Bronzes in Three American Museums Graeco-Roman Statues: I. Purpose and Setting; II. Literary and Archaeological Evidence for the Display and Grouping of Graeco-Roman Sculpture Greek and Roman Art at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Greek Sculpture and Roman Taste The Basel Dog: A Vindication Lions: Attic and Related An Archaic Terra-cotta Rider A Greek Hero of Alexander the Great's Age Priapos and Maenad in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Three Imperial Portraits in America: Nero, Britannicus and Faustina II from Asia Minor Collectors of Greek Art: Edward Perry Warren and his Successors An Aegean Gold Hoard and the Court of Egypt Aphrodite Unveiled Greek, Etruscan, Roman Gold and Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: I. Archaic to Hellenistic Gold II. Hellenistic to Late Antique Gold and Silver Ancient Whips Dated Monuments of Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Popular Art in Asia Minor: Pontus through Mysia Greek Funerary Animals, 450-300 B.C. Adventures of a Graeco-Roman Marble Herm A Greek Heroic Statue in Dallas Antiquities at Wellesley America's neoclassic sculptors: fallen angels resurrected Additional Notes Index.
Sculpture In The National Archaeological Museum Athens
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Author : Nikos E. Kaltsas
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2002
Sculpture In The National Archaeological Museum Athens written by Nikos E. Kaltsas and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
A superb catalogue of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculpture displayed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens containing some of the finest art works of the ancient world. A short introduction provides the background to the Archaic period through to the end of Antiquity followed by the catalogue of examples classified by period and by type. With more than 700 photographs, this is a stunning visual record of art from the ancient world.