Sculpture and archaeology / edited by Paul Bonaventura and Andrew Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonaventura, Paul.

Jones, Andrew, 1967-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Subject/object--new studies in sculpture

Subject/object: new studies in sculpture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Modern--21st century--Themes, motives.

Sculpture, Modern.

Archaeology and art.

Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

xvi, 221 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

Summary:

This collection of 11 essays grew out of a conference at Leeds Art Gallery in 2004 called Object-Excavation-Intervention. They are about the inter-connections between historical (archaeologically excavated) and contemporary sculpture. They are organized around themes of metaphor and models; excavation, site and place; the status of the fragment; excavation, myth and modernity; and the politics of sculpture and archaeology. The essays are less about archeological science than bringing together the concerns of aesthetics and the art of excavation and curatorial presentation. Each contains at least a few black and white photographs of such powerful subjects as the victims of Pompeii or massive lithic statues of prehistoric Britain. The contributors are a mix of art historians, museum studies experts, archaeologists, artists, and anthropologists. Bonaventura (fine art studies, U. of Oxford) and Jones (prehistoric anthropology, U. of Southampton) provide an introduction. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0754658317

9780754658313

OCLC:

672300129

Publisher Number:

99945778483