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Body and Image

Body and Image

Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 2

by Christopher Tilley
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/11/2008

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The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens-a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. Thus, Chris Tilley argues, the iconographic approach falls short of understanding how ancient people interacted with their imagery. A kinaesthetic approach, one that uses the full body and all the senses, can better approximate the meaning that these artifacts had for their makers and today's viewers. The body intersects the landscape in a myriad of ways-through the effort to reach the image, the angles that one can use to view, the multiple senses required for interaction. Tilley outlines the choreographic basis of understanding ancient landscapes and art phenomenologically, and demonstrates the power of his thesis through examples of rock art and megalithic architecture in Norway, Ireland, and Sweden. This is a powerful new model from one of the leading contemporary theorists in archaeology.
ISBN:
9781598743135
9781598743135
Category:
Prehistoric archaeology
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-11-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x23mm
Weight:
0.54kg

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