Body and image : explorations in landscape phenomenology 2 /
Tilley, Christopher Y
Body and image : explorations in landscape phenomenology 2 / Christopher Tilley ; with assistance of Wayne Bennett - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2008 - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - Explorations in landscape phenomenology ; . - Explorations in landscape phenomenology ; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index
Body and image -- Vingen -- Ireland -- Norrköping -- Conclusions
"The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens - a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. Thus, Chris Tilley argues, the iconographic approach falls short of understanding how ancient people interacted with their imagery." "A kinaesthetic approach, one that uses the full body and all the senses, can better approximate the meaning that these artifacts had for their makers and today's viewers. The body intersects the landscape in a myriad of ways - through the effort to reach the image, the angles that one can use to view, the multiple senses required for interaction. Tilley outlines the choreographic basis of understanding ancient landscapes and art phenomenologically, and demonstrates the power of his thesis through examples of rock art and megalithic architecture in Norway, Ireland, and Sweden."--BOOK JACKET
9781598743135 (hardback : alk. paper) 1598743139 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781598743142 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598743147 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008040899
GBA8B9930 bnb
Megalithic monuments
Architecture, Prehistoric
Petroglyphs
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric
GN790 / .T54 2008
930.1/4
Body and image : explorations in landscape phenomenology 2 / Christopher Tilley ; with assistance of Wayne Bennett - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2008 - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - Explorations in landscape phenomenology ; . - Explorations in landscape phenomenology ; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index
Body and image -- Vingen -- Ireland -- Norrköping -- Conclusions
"The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens - a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. Thus, Chris Tilley argues, the iconographic approach falls short of understanding how ancient people interacted with their imagery." "A kinaesthetic approach, one that uses the full body and all the senses, can better approximate the meaning that these artifacts had for their makers and today's viewers. The body intersects the landscape in a myriad of ways - through the effort to reach the image, the angles that one can use to view, the multiple senses required for interaction. Tilley outlines the choreographic basis of understanding ancient landscapes and art phenomenologically, and demonstrates the power of his thesis through examples of rock art and megalithic architecture in Norway, Ireland, and Sweden."--BOOK JACKET
9781598743135 (hardback : alk. paper) 1598743139 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781598743142 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598743147 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008040899
GBA8B9930 bnb
Megalithic monuments
Architecture, Prehistoric
Petroglyphs
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric
GN790 / .T54 2008
930.1/4