| Art in the Archaeological Imagination Contributor(s): Gheorghiu, Dragos (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1789253527 ISBN-13: 9781789253528 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Prehistoric & Primitive - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 709.01 |
| LCCN: 2020931800 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (0.80 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present volume shows the archaeological thinking as a form of art, revealing the poetics of the archaeological imagination. It shows that, in their work, archaeologists, without being inspired by contemporary artists, use creative methods, and their analysis of the art of the Past goes beyond the material culture of the art objects, into the realm of the mental processes of creation. Consequently, the purpose of this book is to present the archaeological research functioning as a sort of artistic creation, proposing new perspectives on the archaeological imagination. It offers an exploration of the creative processes, the possibility of finding inspiration in experientially, and the approach to the act of creation as a subject for archaeological research. When analyzing the art of the Past, or when using art methods to approach the Past, we are facing an act of creation where imagination, emotion, and creativity combine under the form of an experiential instrument of investigation. The book offers a vision of archaeological research, a means to understand the complexity of the human nature, and consequently, to approach the human thinking structured on similarity and symbolism, being able to detect cultural and psychological subjects ignored until today, and, at the same time, to offer a series of visions of art, seen from the perspective of archaeology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gheorghiu, Dragos: - Dragoş Gheorghiu is a cultural anthropologist and an experimental archaeologist, currently teaching at the Doctoral School of the National University of Arts in Bucharest. His approach to the European Chalcolithic uses semiotics and rhetoric to interpret the material culture and the landscapes of the past. Another main research area is the rituality of prehistoric technologies and places. |