Pictorial archaeology : modernity and the muse of antiquity /

The picturing of ancient sites and artifacts to convey information links visual reporting with the workings of the imagination and indicates that the study of antiquity has always had a hybrid identity: part artistic and part scientific. In examining expressly pictorial forms of visual storytelling...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balm, Roger, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, [2024].
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Antiquity and the enchanted eye
  • Picturing the past
  • Visualizing time
  • Pictorial meanings : Avebury and Knossos
  • Pictorial meanings : ancient Maya and ancient Khmer
  • Visual replication and the muse.