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Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art

Bradley, Richard·2009
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780199533855.001.0001
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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 artworks were made, and the ways in which they might be related to practices in the visual arts today. Extended case studies of two immensely popular and much-visited sites illustrate his argument: one considers the megalithic tombs of Western Europe, whilst the other investigates the decorated metalwork and rock carvings of Bronze Age Scandinavia.

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  • Archaeologists have rarely adopted a visual culture approach to prehistoric art, but some pioneering efforts have yielded important insights.

    “Archaeologists have rarely adopted a visual culture approach to prehistoric art, but some pioneering efforts have yielded important insights (Bradley 2009; Jones et al. 2011; Skeates 2005; Robin 2009; García Sanjuán et al. 2006; Wells 2012; Garrow and Gosden 2012; Helskog and Olsen 1995; Fredell et al. 2010; Fahlander 2012; Cochrane and Jones 2012; Primitiva Bueno Ramírez and Bahn 2015).”

    From Art (Pre)History: Ritual, Narrative and Visual Culture in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe (2020) · cites this paper as Bradley 2009

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Authors
Bradley, R.
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Bradley, Richard
ORCID
Bradley, Richard
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2009-03-12
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780199533855.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4388434824
Cited by
107
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.48
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
Keywords
prehistoric art, concept of art, megalithic tombs, Western Europe, petroglyphs

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