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Author |
: Gianluca Miniaci |
Publisher |
: Oxbow Books |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2023-02-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789259162 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789259169 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Breaking Images by : Gianluca Miniaci
Archaeological remains are ‘fragmented by definition’: apart from exceptional cases, the study of the human past takes into account mainly traces, ruins, discards, and debris of past civilizations. It is rare that things have been preserved as they were originally made and conceived in the past. However, not all the ancient fragmentary objects were the ‘leftovers’ from the past. A noticeable portion of them was part and parcel of the ancient materiality already in the form of a fragment or damaged item. In 2000, John Chapman, with his volume Fragmentation in Archaeology, attracted the attention of scholars on the need to reconsider broken artifacts as the result of the deliberate anthropic process of physical fragmentation. The phenomenon of fragmentation can be thus explored with more outcomes for a category of objects that played an important role inside the society: the figurines. Due to their portability and size, figurines are particularly entangled and engaged in social, spatial, temporal, and material relations, and – more than other artifacts – can easily accommodate acts of embodiment and dismemberment. The act of creation symmetrically also involves the act of destruction, which in turn is another act of creation, since from the fragmentation comes a new entity with a different ontology. Breaking contains the paradigms of life: creation and reparation, destruction and regeneration. The scope of this volume is to search for traces of any voluntary and intentional fragmentation of ancient artifacts, creating, improving, and sharpening the methods and principles for a scientific investigation that goes beyond single author impression or sensitivity. The comparative lens adopted in this volume can allow the reader to explore different fields taken from ancient societies of how we can address, assess, detect, and even discuss the action of breaking and mutilation of ancient figurines.
Author |
: Rachel F. Stapleton |
Publisher |
: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2019-08-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780773558380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0773558381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Iconoclasm by : Rachel F. Stapleton
Iconoclasm – the alteration, destruction, or displacement of icons – is usually considered taboo or profane. But, on occasion, the act of destroying the sacred unintentionally bestows iconic status on the desecrated object. Iconoclasm examines the reciprocity between the building and the breaking of images, paying special attention to the constructive power of destructive acts. Although iconoclasm carries with it inherently religious connotations, this volume examines the shattering of images beyond the spiritual and the sacred. Presenting responses to renowned cultural anthropologist and theorist Michael Taussig, these essays centre on conceptual iconoclasm and explore the sacrality of objects and belief systems from historical, cultural, and disciplinary perspectives. From Milton and Nietzsche to Paul Newman and Banksy, through such diverse media and genres as photography, the popular romance novel, pornography, graffiti, cinema, advertising, and the dictionary, this book questions how icons and iconoclasms are represented, the language used to describe them, and the manner in which objects signify once they are shattered. An interdisciplinary, disconnected, and non-linear consideration of the historical and contemporary relationship between the sacred and the profane, Iconoclasm disrupts entrenched views about the revered or reviled idols present in most aspects of daily life. Contributors include T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko (Toronto), Christopher van Ginhoven Rey (Pomona College), Helen Hester (West London), Emily Hoffman (Arkansas Tech), Natalie B. Pendergast (Yukon College), Beth Saunders (Maryland), Adam Swann (Glasgow), Michael Taussig (Columbia), Angela Toscano (Iowa), Brendon Wocke (Perpignan).
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Total Pages |
: 652 |
Release |
: 1889 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112045768832 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language by :
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Total Pages |
: 682 |
Release |
: 1907 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112109847035 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis United Editors Encyclopedia and Dictionary by :
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: Noah Webster |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1322 |
Release |
: 1895 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112003974265 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis An American Dictionary of the English Language by : Noah Webster
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: Noah Webster |
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Total Pages |
: 1512 |
Release |
: 1890 |
ISBN-10 |
: BSB:BSB11503846 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis An American Dictionary of the English Language ...; to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history and connection of the languages of Western Asia and Europe ... by : Noah Webster
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Total Pages |
: 678 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: NLI:3199039-190 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United Editors Perpetual Encyclopedia by :
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: Jeremy Taylor |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 552 |
Release |
: 1822 |
ISBN-10 |
: YALE:39002013112603 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by : Jeremy Taylor
Author |
: Jeremy Taylor |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 542 |
Release |
: 2024-09-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783368753450 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3368753452 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by : Jeremy Taylor
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
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: James Hastings |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1002 |
Release |
: 1915 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:AH3I6Q |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6Q Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Hymms-Liberty by : James Hastings
Scope: theology, philosophy, ethics of various religions and ethical systems and relevant portions of anthropology, mythology, folklore, biology, psychology, economics and sociology.