| Tracing Technoscapes: The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean Contributor(s): Becker, Johannes (Editor), Jungfleisch, Johannes (Editor), Von Rüden, Constance (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9088906882 ISBN-13: 9789088906886 Publisher: Sidestone Press OUR PRICE: $207.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 230 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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| Publisher Description: Colorful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and lite architecture of ancient societies. This is also true for the various regions of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., where elaborate wall paintings furnished temples, tombs, palatial buildings, and in general more elaborate houses. From a present-day perspective, these rich images provide invaluable insights into past realities as well as interconnections between different visual systems. However, beyond stunning images, the materiality of wall paintings implicates a whole range of specific technical choices and gestures executed during the artistic process. The bodies of knowledge immanent in the practice of plaster and pigment preparation, in the application of paint and in the conception and execution of compositions allow us to compare the wall painting corpora of the Eastern Mediterranean on a technical level and to trace differences and similarities in a cross-cultural perspective. Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, this volume provides insights into the various technical approaches and underlying bodies of knowledge in the different wall painting traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia and throws light on the way and extent of their possible interwovenness. Moreover, it seeks to overcome regional as well as disciplinary isolation of technical studies by bringing together authors of different scientific backgrounds ranging between Conservational Studies, Archaeometry, Prehistory, Egyptology, as well as Western Asiatic and Classical Archaeology. In doing so, the book permits an interdisciplinary perspective on this field of study. This book is equally intended for archaeologists, art historians, conservators and the interested layperson and hopes to stimulate more research in this direction in future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Von Ruden, Constance: - Constance Von Rüden Is Currently Junior Professor For Prehistory At The Ruhr-University Bochum With A Special Focus On Mediterranean Prehistory And Theory. Previously She Held Post-Doc Positions At The German Archaeological Institute In Athens, At The Centre For Mediterranean Studies At Bochum And At Heidelberg University. She Has Edited Several Volumes, Published The Wall Paintings From Tall Mishrife/Qatna With An Investigation Of Their Interregional Relations (2011) And Issued The Book "Feasting, Craft And Depositional Practice In Late Bronze Age Palaepaphos" Together With Artemis Georgiou, Ariane Jacobs And Paul Halstead. Since 2010, She Has Been Co-Director Of The Tell El-Dab'a Wall Painting Project In The Eastern Nile Delta In Egypt (Together With Manfred Bietak) And, Since 2017, The Director Of A Survey Project In Sant'antioco/Sardinia.Becker, Johannes: - Johannes Becker Studied Classical Archaeology And Ancient History At The University Of Freiburg. After His Graduation, He Became A Phd-Student At Heidelberg University. Furthermore, He Has Been A Research Assistant At The Ruhr-University Bochum Since 2012. His Research Interests Lie In The Aegean And The Interconnections Within The Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age. Within The Scope Of His Phd-Project, He Studies The Large-Scale Landscape Paintings From Tell El-Dab'a.Jungfleisch, Johannes: - Johannes Jungfleisch Has Been Employed As Research Assistant At The Ruhr-University Bochum Since 2012. He Studied Classical Archaeology And West Asiatic Archaeology At The University Of Freiburg. Currently, He Is In The Final Stages Of His Phd-Project At Free University Of Berlin, In Which He Examines The Large-Scale Simulations Of Architecture Of The Wall Paintings From 'Palace G' At Tell El-Dab'a And Their Reception In The Local Egyptian Context. As An Archaeologist, He Has Worked In Greece, Turkey, Lebanon And Egypt. |