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How do archaeologists and artists reimagine what life was like
during the Greek Bronze Age? How do contemporary conditions
influence the way we understand the ancient past? This innovative
book considers two imaginative restorations of the ancient world
that test the boundaries of interpretation and invention by
bringing together the discovery of Minoan culture by the British
archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) and the work of the
Turner Prize-winning video artist Elizabeth Price (b. 1966).
Featured essays examine Evans's interpretation and restoration of
the Knossos palace and present fresh photography of Minoan
artifacts and archival photographs of the dig alongside beautiful,
previously unpublished watercolors and drawings by the
archaeological illustrators and restorers who worked on the site:
Emile Gillieron pere(1850-1924), Emile Gillieron fils (1885-1939),
Piet de Jong (1887-1967), and others. An interview with Price
explores how her attraction to the Sir Arthur Evans Archive became
the basis for her commissioned video installation at the University
of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum and offers insight into her creative
practice. Exhibition dates: October 5, 2017-January 7, 2018
As archaeologists unearth the past, they seek meaning or purpose
for the objects they uncover by looking at the objects themselves
and their archaeological context. Art historians, on the other
hand, primarily focus on aesthetics, asking why a particular object
stimulates our senses, and what that tells us about ourselves. From
Ancient to Modern offers a lens for understanding ancient objects
through the perspectives and processes of both archaeology and
aesthetics, and, in so doing, illuminates the multiple layers of
meaning that a single object can take on--sometimes
simultaneously--over the course of its existence. This beautifully
illustrated volume is the accompanying catalog for the exhibition
at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient
World and focuses on fifty objects from three iconic sites in the
ancient Near East: Ur, Diyala, and Kish. The excavation, unique
characteristics, and transformative journey of each object--from
archaeological artifact to aesthetic item--are examined. Select
contemporary artworks are also considered in the investigation of
how ancient objects acquire meaning in the present day.
Contributors include Kim Benzel, Jennifer Chi, Jean Evans, Lynn
Grant, Jack Green, William Hafford, Marc Marin, Naomi Miller, Holly
Pittman, Clemens Reichel, Karen Wilson, and Richard Zettler. Cover
photograph (c) Bruce M. White, 2016
The catalogue for the groundbreaking exhibition at New York
University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Nomads
and Networks presents an unparalleled overview of the sophisticated
culture of pastoral nomadic populations who lived on the territory
of present-day Kazakhstan from roughly the middle of the first
millennium BCE to the early centuries CE. Focusing on material from
the Altai and Tianshan regions, Nomads and Networks explores the
specific conditions of mobile lifeways that resulted from
particular ecological conditions in the steppes and high valleys of
Inner Eurasia. Highlights of the exhibition are grave goods from
the burial mounds at the site of Berel and gold mortuary ornaments
from Shilikty, Zhalauli, and Kargaly. Attesting to a sophisticated
decorative art flourishing among these nomadic populations, the
objects skillfully combine older iconographic traditions of animal
style in the steppe with more recent influences from foreign
cultures--most notably Persia and China. Contributors include
Nursan Alimbai, Nikolay A. Bokovenko, Claudia Chang, Bryan K.
Hanks, Sagynbay Myrgabayev, Karen S. Rubinson, Zainolla S.
Samashev, Soren Stark, and Abdesh T. Toleubaev. Cover photograph
(c) Bruce M. White, 2016
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