Pictures are often admired for their aesthetic merits but they are
rarely treated as if they had as much to offer as the written word.
They are often overlooked as objects of analysis themselves, and
tend to be seen simply as adjuncts to the text. Images, however,
are not passive, and have a direct impact that engages attention in
ways independent of any specific text. Advertising, entertainment
and propaganda have realised the extent of this power to shape
ideas, but the scientific community has hitherto neglected the ways
in which visual material conditions the ways in which we think.
With subjects including prehistoric artworks, excavation
illustrations, artists' impressions of ancient sites and peoples
and contemporary landscapes, photographs and drawings, this study
explores how pictures shape our perceptions and our expectations of
the past. This volume is not concerned with the accuracy of
pictures from the past or directly about the past itself, but is
interested instead in why certain subjects are selected, why they
are depicted the way they are, and what effects such images have on
our idea of the past. This collection constitutes a ground-breaking
study in historiography which radically reassesses the ways that
history can be written.
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