Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts

by: Jameson, J.H. Ehrenhard, J.E. Finn, Chr.A.

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 Known widely in Europe as ""interpretive narrative archaeology, "" the practice of using creative methods to interpret and present current knowledge of the past is gaining popularity in North America. This book is the first compilation of international case studies of the various artistic methods used in this new form of education-one that makes archaeology ""come alive"" for the nonprofessional. Plays, opera, visual art, stories, poetry, performance dance, music, sculpture, digital imagery-all can effectively communicate archaeological processes and cultural values to public audience

Contents:
More than just "telling the story" : interpretive narrative archaeology / John P. McCarthy
The archaeologist as playwright / James G. Gibb
Archaeology goes to the opera / John E. Ehrenhard and Mary R. Bullard
Archaeology in two dimensions : the artist's perspective / Martin Pate
Art and imagery as tools for public interpretation and education archaeology / John H. Jameson, Jr
Archaeology as a compelling story : the art of writing popular histories / Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton
Poetry and archaeology : the transformative process / Christine A. Finn
Reflections on the design of a public art sculpture for the Westin Hotel, Palo Alto, California / David Middlebrook
Pompeii : a site for all seasons / David G. Orr
Evoking time and place in reconstruction and display : the case of Celtic identity and iron age art / Harold Mytum
Art and archaeology : conflict and interpretation in a museum setting / Michael J. Williams and Margaret A. Heath
The archaeology of music and performance in the prehistoric American southwest / Emily Donald
Archaeology's influence on contemporary Native American art : perspectives from a monster / Lance M. Foster
From rock art to digital image : archaeology and art in aboriginal Australia / Claire Smith and Kirsten Brett
Archaeology in science fiction and mysteries / David G. Anderson
RKLOG : archaeologists as fiction writers / Sarah M. Nelson
Capturing the wanderer : nomads and archaeology in the filming of the English patient / Christine A. Finn
Is archaeology fiction? Some thoughts about experimental ways of communicating archaeological processes to the "external world" / Nicola Laneri
Crafting cosmos, telling Sister stories, and exploring archaeological knowledge graphically in hypertext environments / Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce

Subjects:
Archaeology Methodology
Archaeology Philosophy
Archaeology Social aspects
Archaeology and art
Archéologie Aspect social
Archéologie Méthodologie
Archéologie Philosophie
Archéologie et art
Art public
Arts and society
Arts et société
Histoire appliquée
Public art
Public history
SOCIAL SCIENCE Archaeology
public art

Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts

by: Jameson, J.H. Ehrenhard, J.E. Finn, Chr.A.

• ISBN-13: 9780817312749 / 978-0-8173-1274-9
• ISBN-03: 0817312749 / 0-8173-1274-9
• The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2003

Price: 59,00 EURO

(in stock)