Image and audience : rethinking prehistoric art / Richard Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Richard, 1946- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this 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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04462-7

1-282-05324-8

9786612053245

0-19-156955-0

OCLC:

320914880