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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454136203321

Autore

Bradley Richard <1946->

Titolo

Image and audience [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking prehistoric art / / Richard Bradley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-05324-8

9786612053245

0-19-156955-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

709.0112

Soggetti

Art, Prehistoric - Europe

Megalithic monuments - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; PART I . THE PROBLEM WITH PREHISTORIC ART; 1. The Division of the Spoils; 2. Pattern and Purpose; PART II. IMAGE AND AUDIENCE IN MEGALITHIC ART; 3. Notes from Underground; 4. The Lives of Statues; 5. In Open Country; PART III. IMAGE AND AUDIENCE IN BRONZE AGE SCANDINAVIA; 6. Ships on Bronzes: Ships on Stones; 7. Crossing the Water; 8. The Origin of Fire; PART IV. PREHISTORIC ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY; 9. Losses in Translation; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

In this extensively illustrated study, Richard Bradley asks why ancient objects were created and when and how they were used. He considers how the first definitions of prehistoric artworks were made, and the ways in which they might be related to practices in the visual arts today. - ;There have been many accounts of prehistoric 'art', but nearly all of them begin by assuming that the concept is a useful one. In this extensively illustrated study, Richard Bradley asks why ancient objects were created and when and how they were used. He considers how the first definitions of prehistoric artwork