1st Edition
The Cultural Life of Images Visual Representation in Archaeology
Edited By Brian Leigh Molyneaux
Copyright 1997
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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Pictures are often admired for their aesthetic merits but they are rarely treated as if they had as much to offer as the written word. They are often overlooked as objects of analysis themselves, and tend to be seen simply as adjuncts to the text. Images, however, are not passive, and have a direct impact that engages attention in ways independent of any specific text. Advertising, entertainment... Read more
Introduction; 1: Art, Landscape, And The Past; 2: Drawing Inferences; 3: Things, and Things Like Them; 4: ‘ To See is to Have Seen '; 5: Photography and Archaeology; 6: Representation and Reality in Private Tombs of the Late Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt; 7: Some Greek Images Of Others; 8: The Art and Archaeology of Custer's Last Battle; 9: Revolutionary Images; 10: The Power Of The Picture; 11: Focusing on the Past; 12: The Painter and Prehistoric People
Biography
Brian Leigh Molyneaux is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of South Dakota.
'The Cultural Life of Images is a book I would recommend to all practising archaeological illustrators.' - Graphic Archaeology
'This volume is a must for anyone researching art and its role with the past.' - George Nash, 3rd Stone
