246 Pages
46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the expressly pictorial type of visual archaeology, the transcribing of three-dimensional materiality into two-dimensional depictions, and its influential history within the discipline.
The picturing of ancient sites and artifacts to convey information links visual reporting with the workings of the imagination and indicates that the study of antiquity has always had a... Read more
Introduction; 1. Antiquity and the Enchanted Eye; 2. Picturing the Past; 3. Visualizing Time; 4. Pictorial Meanings: Avebury and Knossos; 5. Pictorial Meanings: Ancient Maya and Ancient Khmer; 6. Visual Replication and the Muse; Conclusions
Biography
Roger Balm holds a Ph.D. in geography from Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA). He is an independent researcher whose interests focus on the visual record of ancient remains from the Mediterranean islands and Mesoamerica. His published work examines aspects of Western archaeology from the perspective of visual culture.
