Aegean Bronze Age Art: Meaning in the Making

by Carl Knappett

How do we interpret ancient art created before written texts? Scholars usually put ancient art into conversation with ancient texts in order to interpret its meaning. But for earlier periods without texts, such as in the Bronze Age Aegean, this method is redundant. Using cutting-edge theory from art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Carl Knappett offers a new approach to this problem by identifying distinct actions - such as modelling, combining,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108429432
• ISBN13: 9781108429436
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 10.2"