Pictorial archaeology : modernity and the muse of antiquity / Roger Balm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balm, Roger, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography in archaeology.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

vii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Modernity and the muse of antiquity

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

"The picturing of ancient sites and artifacts to convey information links visual reporting with the workings of the imagination and indicates that the study of antiquity has always had a hybrid identity: part artistic and part scientific. In examining expressly pictorial forms of visual story-telling about the past, this book looks beyond certain supposed "creative turns" and focuses instead on creative continuities, answering key questions about the power of picturing and its ability to not only inform documentary practices but actively structure those practices. How are prints, drawings, paintings and photographs able to collapse the three-dimensional world of the ancient past onto a flat page but also convey a sense of material reality? In contemporary practice, how do pictorial ways of seeing enable the interpretation of material remains but also shape the recognition of digital traces on a computer screen? Published illustrations, both historical and contemporary, are primary sources of evidence for answering such questions and identifying common patterns of pictorial information. This book provides a framework for scholars researching the visual culture of archaeology as well as the history of archaeology. It is also recommended for professionals in the fields of salvage archaeology, heritage studies, conservation and community archaeology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Antiquity and the enchanted eye

Picturing the past

Visualizing time

Pictorial meanings : Avebury and Knossos

Pictorial meanings : ancient Maya and ancient Khmer

Visual replication and the muse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Balm, Roger, 1947- Pictorial archaeology

ISBN:

9781032646879

103264687X

9781032646893

1032646896

OCLC:

1395947009

Publisher Number:

99996056322