Format:
XVIII, 376 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
0199548064
,
9780199548064
Content:
"Celtic art includes some of the most famous archaeological artefacts in the British Isles, such as the Battersea shield or the gold torcs from Snettisham. However, this body of material has usually been considered from an art historical point of view. Technologies of Enchantment? Exploring Celtic Art attempts to resituate Celtic art back within its archaeological context, looking at how it was made, used, and deposited. Based on the first comprehensive database of Celtic art objects in Britain, the book brings together current theories concerning the links between people and artefacts found in many areas of the social sciences with one of the richest archaeological datasets in prehistoric Britain. The authors argue that Celtic art was deliberately complex and ambiguous, being used to negotiate social position and relations in an inherently unstable later Iron Age world, and to develop new forms of identity and resistance with the coming of the Romans."--book jacket
Content:
"Celtic art includes some of the most famous archaeological artefacts in the British Isles, such as the Battersea shield or the gold torcs from Snettisham. However, this body of material has usually been considered from an art historical point of view. Technologies of Enchantment? Exploring Celtic Art attempts to resituate Celtic art back within its archaeological context, looking at how it was made, used, and deposited. Based on the first comprehensive database of Celtic art objects in Britain, the book brings together current theories concerning the links between people and artefacts found in many areas of the social sciences with one of the richest archaeological datasets in prehistoric Britain. The authors argue that Celtic art was deliberately complex and ambiguous, being used to negotiate social position and relations in an inherently unstable later Iron Age world, and to develop new forms of identity and resistance with the coming of the Romans."--book jacket
Note:
Literatuverz. S. [342] - 365
,
1. People and materials in the Iron Age and early Roman period2. But is it art? Past and present approaches to Celtic art -- 3. The database and our methodology -- 4. Making materials -- 5. Artefactual times : swords, torcs, and coins -- 6. Hoards -- 7. Burials -- 8. Settlements -- 9. The art of community.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Garrow, Duncan Technologies of enchantment? Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 ISBN 9780191804373
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Britannien
;
Kelten
;
Kunst
;
Britannien
;
Kelten
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte 400 v. Chr.-100
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