Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity : Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present

Rozwadowski, Andrzej (EDT); Hampson, Jamie (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1789698464 / ISBN 13: 9781789698466

Published by Archaeopress, 2021

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 43006056-n

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity : Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present
• Publisher: Archaeopress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789698464
• ISBN 13: 9781789698466
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present sets out a fresh perspective on rock art by considering how ancient images function in the present. In recent decades, archaeological approaches to rock paintings and engravings have significantly advanced our understanding of rock art in regional and global terms. On the other hand, however, little research has been done on contemporary uses of rock art. How does ancient rock art heritage influence contemporary cultural phenomena? And how do past images function in the present, especially in contemporary art and other media? In the past, archaeologists usually concentrated more on reconstructing the semantic and social contexts of the ancient images. This volume, on the other hand, focuses on how this ancient heritage is recognised and reified in the modern world, and how this art stimulates contemporary processes of cultural identity-making. The authors, who are based all over the world, off er attractive and compelling case studies situated in diverse cultural and geographical contexts.