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Illustrating the Past - Artists' interpretations of ancient places (Paperback)
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Illustrating the Past - Artists' interpretations of ancient places (Paperback)
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Our understanding of the human past is very limited. The mute
evidence from excavation - the dusty pot shards, fragments of bone,
slight variations in soil colour and texture - encourages
abstraction and detachment. Reconstruction art offers a different
way into the past, bringing archaeology to life and at times
influencing and informing archaeologist's ideas. At its best it
delivers something vivid, vital and memorable. Illustrating the
Past explores the history of reconstruction art and archaeology. It
looks at how attitudes have swung from the scientific and technical
to a freer more imaginative way of seeing and back again. Through
the exploration of seven artists' work, the reader is shown how the
artist's way of seeing illustrates the past and sometimes how it
has changed the way the past is seen. Illustrators working in
archaeology are often anonymous and yet the picture that summarises
an excavation can be the idea that endures. As well as drawing on
her specialist knowledge, Judith Dobie uses conversation and
correspondence to build a picture of how these artists'
personalities, interests and backgrounds influences their art. Case
studies featuring working sketches demonstrate how reconstruction
artists deliver understanding and can change the interpretation of
a site. This book celebrates and acknowledges reconstruction art
within the field of archaeology.
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