Creativity in the Bronze Age - Understanding Innovation in Pottery, Textile, and Metalwork Production (Hardcover)

Creativity is an integral part of human history, yet most studies focus on the modern era, leaving unresolved questions about the formative role that creativity has played in the past. This book explores the fundamental nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age. Considering developments in crafts that we take for granted today, such as pottery, textiles, and metalwork, the volume compares and contrasts various aspects of their development, from the construction of the materials themselves, through the production processes, to the design and effects deployed in finished objects. It explores how creativity is closely related to changes in material culture, how it directs responses to the new and unfamiliar, and how it has resulted in changes to familiar things and practices. Written by an international team of scholars, the case studies in this volume consider wider issues and provide detailed insights into creative solutions found in specific objects.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2018
Authors:	Lise Bender Jorgensen • Joanna Sofaer • Marie Louise Stig Sorensen
Dimensions:	253 x 180 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-42136-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Pre-history Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Decorative arts & crafts > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-42136-9
Barcode:	9781108421362

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