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Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art
Abstract
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 (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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Metadata
- Authors
- Bradley, R.
- Corresponding author
- Bradley, Richard
- ORCID
- Bradley, Richard
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2009-03-12
- 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 (arts and humanities) › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Keywords
- prehistoric art, concept of art, megalithic tombs, Western Europe, petroglyphs
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