Description: Colouring the Past : The Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research, Paperback by Jones, Andrew (EDT); Macgregor, Gavin (EDT); European Archaeological Association Conference (COR), ISBN 1859735479, ISBN-13 9781859735473, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a symbol, a metaphor, and as part of an aesthetic system. Yet archaeologists have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to the form and material value of the objects they find and thereby overlook its impact on conceptual systems throughout human book explores the means by which colour-based cultural understandings are formed, and how they are used to sustain or alter social relations. From colour systems in the Mesolithic, to Mesoamerican symbolism and the use of colour in Roman Pompeii, this book paints a new picture of the past. Through their close observation of monuments and material culture, authors uncover the subtle role colour has played in the construction of past social identities and the expression of ancient beliefs. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of past worlds of meaning, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, as well as anyone with an interest in material culture, art and aesthetics.
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Book Title: Colouring the Past : the Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Archaeology, Folklore & Mythology, General, Aesthetics, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2002
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Philosophy, Social Science
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Gavin Macgregor
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
