{"product_id":"envisioning-the-past-9781405111508","title":"Envisioning the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvisioning the Past: Archaeology and the Image\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that brings together archaeologists, art historians and anthropologists to provide new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity of man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide variety of time periods and topics, from the Renaissance and the 18th century to the engravings, photography, and virtual realities of today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions what we can learn from considering the use of images in the past and present that might guide our responsible use of them in the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvailable within the prestigious \u003ci\u003eNew Interventions in Art History\u003c\/i\u003e series, published in connection with the \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Art Historians\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I recommend this book to anyone interested in the relationship between archaeology and 'the image', and particularly point to the contributions by Glazier, Scott, Phillips and Arnold.\" \u003ci\u003eCultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEnvisioning the Past\u003c\/i\u003e dissects a range of visual reconstructions of antiquity to expose conventions so widely accepted that their distorting effect has become all but invisible. The reader undergoes a process of re-sensitization that is eye-opening in the most literal sense.” \u003ci\u003eArthur MacGregor, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor's Preface. \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Image in Question: Stephanie Moser (University of Southampton) and Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Romancing the Human: The Ideology of Envisioned Human Origins: Paul Privateer (Arizona State University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “We Grew Up and Moved On”: Visitors to British Museums Consider Their “Cradle of Mankind”: Monique Scott (Yale University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The American Time Machine: Indians and the Visualization of Ancient Europe: Stephanie Pratt (University of Plymouth).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “To Make the Dry Bones Live”: Amédée Forestier’s Glastonbury Lake Village: James E. Phillips (University of Southampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Unlearning the Images of Archaeology: Dana Arnold (University of Southampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Illustrating Ancient Rome, or the \u003ci\u003eIchnographia\u003c\/i\u003e as Uchronia and other time warps in Piranesi’s \u003ci\u003eIl Campo Marzio\u003c\/i\u003e: Susan M. Dixon (University of Tulsa).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thomas Guest and Paul Nash in Wiltshire: two episodes in the artistic approach to British antiquity: Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Different Way of Seeing? Toward a Visual Analysis of Archaeological Folklore: Darren Glazier (University of Southampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Photography and Archaeology: The Image as Object: Fred Bohrer (Hood College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Wearing Juninho’s Shirt: Record and Negotiation in Excavation Photographs: Jonathan Bateman (University of Sheffield).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Video Killed Interpretative VR: Computer Visualisations on the TV Screen: Graeme P. Earl (University of Southampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Real, the Virtually Real and the Hyperreal: The Role of VR in Archaeology: Mark Gillings (University of Leicester).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407845859671,"sku":"9781405111508","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405111508.jpg?v=1730500721","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/envisioning-the-past-9781405111508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}