Envisioning the Past: Archaeology and the Image is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that brings together archaeologists, art historians and anthropologists to provide new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity of man. Covers a wide variety of time periods and topics, from the Renaissance and the 18th century to the engravings, photography, and virtual realities of today Questions what we can learn from considering the use of images in the past and present that might guide our responsible use of them in the future Available within the prestigious New Interventions in Art History series, published in connection with the Association of Art Historians.
Series Editor's Preface.List of Illustrations.Notes on Contributors.Introduction: The Image in Question: Stephanie Moser (University of Southampton) and Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth).1 Romancing the Human: The Ideology of Envisioned Human Origins: Paul Privateer (Arizona State University).2 We Grew Up and Moved On : Visitors to British Museums Consider Their Cradle of Mankind : Monique Scott (Yale University).3 The American Time Machine: Indians and the Visualization of Ancient Europe: Stephanie Pratt (University of Plymouth).4 To Make the Dry Bones Live : Amedee Forestier's Glastonbury Lake Village: James E. Phillips (University of Southampton).5 Unlearning the Images of Archaeology: Dana Arnold (University of Southampton).6 Illustrating Ancient Rome, or the Ichnographia as Uchronia and other time warps in Piranesi's Il Campo Marzio: Susan M. Dixon (University of Tulsa).7 Thomas Guest and Paul Nash in Wiltshire: two episodes in the artistic approach to British antiquity: Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth).8 A Different Way of Seeing? Toward a Visual Analysis of Archaeological Folklore: Darren Glazier (University of Southampton).9 Photography and Archaeology: The Image as Object: Fred Bohrer (Hood College).10 Wearing Juninho's Shirt: Record and Negotiation in Excavation Photographs: Jonathan Bateman (University of Sheffield).11 Video Killed Interpretative VR: Computer Visualisations on the TV Screen: Graeme P. Earl (University of Southampton).12 The Real, the Virtually Real and the Hyperreal: The Role of VR in Archaeology: Mark Gillings (University of Leicester).Index
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