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An Archaeology of Images - Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe (Paperback)
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An Archaeology of Images - Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe (Paperback)
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Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100
original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images
takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals
were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to
AD 400 and investigates the various meanings with which images may
have been imbued. The book challenges the usual interpretation of
statues, reliefs and figurines as passive things to be looked at or
worshipped, and reveals them instead as active artefacts designed
to be used, handled and broken. It is made clear that the placing
of images in temples or graves may not have been the only episode
in their biographies, and a single image may have gone through
several existences before its working life was over. Miranda
Aldhouse Green examines a wide range of other issues, from gender
and identity to foreignness, enmity and captivity, as well as the
significance of the materials used to make the images. The result
is a comprehensive survey of the multifarious functions and
experiences of images in the communities that produced and consumed
them. Challenging many previously held assumptions about the
meaning and significance of Celtic and Roman art, An Archaeology of
Images will be controversial yet essential reading for anyone
interested in this area.
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