Archaeology of Seeing - Science and Interpretation, the Past and Contemporary Visual Art

The Archaeology of Seeing provides readers with a new and provocative understanding of material culture through exploring visual narratives captured in cave and rock art, sculpture, paintings, and more.

List of contents

Introduction
1 How contemporary is prehistoric art?
2 The origins of art
3 The gallery: unveiling visual narrative
4 Power of display: the artist and the object
5 Embodiment and disembodiment: the corporality of visual art and interwoven landscapes
6 Portraiture and the reverence of the other
7 Conclusion

About the author

Liliana Janik is Assistant Director of Research, Deputy Director at the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre, and Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. She leads research projects in Japan and Russia. She specialises in prehistoric art: rock art, sculpture, and neuroaesthetic approaches to art, as well as heritage of the landscape.

Summary

The Archaeology of Seeing provides readers with a new and provocative understanding of material culture through exploring visual narratives captured in cave and rock art, sculpture, paintings, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Liliana Janik
• Assisted by: Adam Szczęsny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780367360221
• ISBN: 978-0-367-36022-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Prehistory, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Archaeology