Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art

Author/Contributor(s):	Bradley, Richard
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Date:	05/03/2009
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

There have been many accounts of prehistoric 'art', but nearly all of them begin by assuming that the concept is a useful one. In this extensively illustrated study, Richard Bradley asks why ancient objects were created and when and how they were used. He considers how the first definitions of
prehistoric artworks were made, and the ways in which they might be related to practices in the visual arts today Extended case studies of two immensely popular and much-visited sites illustrate his argument: one considers the megalithic tombs of Western Europe, whilst the other investigates the
decorated metalwork and rock carvings of Bronze Age Scandinavia.