Ancient Art Revisited - Global Perspectives From Archaeology and Art History

Ancient Art Revisited develops new perspectives on ancient art by weaving together diverse strands within archaeology and art history, exploring it through recent developments in archaeological theory.

List of contents

1. Ancient Art Revisited: Global Perspectives from Archaeology and Art History 2. Archaeology and Art History in Ancient South America: Toward Disciplinary Détente 3. On the Ontological Significance of Naturalistic Art 4. Image and Zeitgeist: The Neolithicization of Rock Art in the American Southwest 5. Animals, Ambiguity, and Affect in Iroquoian Effigy Pipes 6. The Syracuse Amphora Project: On Violence Against Artifacts 7. Metapictures, Materiality, and Texts: Ancient West Asian Art And The Scholarship of the Iconic Turn 8. Networks of Artistic Production in Upper Egypt during the Third Millennium BCE 9. Beyond Representation: Cypriot Rural Sanctuaries as Vibrant Assemblages 10. Frame and Ornament in Minoan and Cycladic Art 11. Art in the Community: The Role of Antefix Production in Archaic Central and Southern Italy 12. Toward an Archaeology of Care

About the author

Christopher Watts is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Carl Knappett holds the Walter Graham/ Homer Thompson Chair in Aegean Prehistory in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Summary

Ancient Art Revisited develops new perspectives on ancient art by weaving together diverse strands within archaeology and art history, exploring it through recent developments in archaeological theory.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher (Associate Professor Watts, Christopher (University of Waterloo Watts, Christopher Knappett Watts
• Assisted by: Carl Knappett (Editor), Knappett Carl (Editor), Christopher Watts (Editor), Watts Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780367643713
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64371-3
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Archaeology, History of art: pre-history, ART / History / Prehistoric, Prehistoric styles