Animals in Bronze

Animals in Bronze

Author: Christopher Payne

Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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Superbly illustrated, this book not only describes the work of


Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age Crete

Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age Crete

Author: Andrew Shapland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-05-12

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1009151541

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Reassesses the animal depictions of Bronze Age Crete in terms of human-animal relations rather than a love of nature.


Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei

Author: Ai Weiwei

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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This title looks at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Heads', his twelve large bronze animal heads depicting the ancient Chinese zodiac.


Champion Animals

Champion Animals

Author: Herbert Haseltine

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Item is centred round the collection of the artist's sculptures in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the text largely consists of the artist's edited memoirs.


The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology

Author: Umberto Albarella

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 865

ISBN-13: 0199686475

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Animals have played a fundamental role in shaping human history, and the study of their remains from archaeological sites - zooarchaeology - has gradually been emerging as a powerful discipline and crucible for forging an understanding of our past. This Handbook offers a cutting-edge, global compendium of zooarchaeology that seeks to provide a holistic view of the role played by animals in past human cultures. Case studies from across five continents explore ahuge range of human-animal interactions from an array of geographical, historical, and cultural contexts, and also illuminate the many approaches and methods adopted by different schools and traditions instudying these relationships.


Tibetan Silver, Gold and Bronze Objects and the Aesthetics of Animals in the Era Before Empire

Tibetan Silver, Gold and Bronze Objects and the Aesthetics of Animals in the Era Before Empire

Author: John Vincent Bellezza

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9781407354354

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This archaeological and art-historical study is woven around rock art and ancient metallic articles attributed to Tibet. The silver bowls, gold finial, and copper alloy spouted jars and trapezoidal plaques featured are assigned to the Iron Age and Protohistoric period. These rare objects are adorned with zoomorphic subjects mimicking those found in rock art and embody an artistic zeitgeist widely diffused in Central Eurasia in Late Prehistory. Diverse sources of inspiration and technological capability are revealed in these objects and rock art, shedding light on their transcultural dimension. The archaeological and aesthetic materials in this work prefigure the Tibetan cosmopolitanism of early historic times promoted through the spread of Buddhist ideas, art and craft from abroad.


Birds and the Culture of the European Bronze Age

Birds and the Culture of the European Bronze Age

Author: Joakim Goldhahn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-10-24

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1108499090

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Shows how archaeologists gain knowledge about past ontologies, and explores the role that birds played in Bronze Age economy, ritual and religion.


Animal Classification in Central China

Animal Classification in Central China

Author: Ningning Dong

Publisher: International

Published: 2021-07-30

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781407357928

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This book, integrating multiple lines of evidence and their contextual information, attempts to investigate folk animal classification in central China during the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age through archaeology.


The Symbolic Role of Animals in Archaeology

The Symbolic Role of Animals in Archaeology

Author: Pam J. Crabtree

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1949057003

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The papers in this volume represent a range of approaches to the study of the symbolic roles of animals in human cultures. The theme that unites these papers is their use of a variety of different kinds of evidenceincluding archaeological, faunal, historical, ethnographic, artistic, and folkloric datain the reconstruction of animal symbolism.