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Title Tracing technoscapes : the production of Bronze Age wall paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean / edited by Johannes Becker, Johannes Jungfleisch, and Constance von Rüden.

Publication Info. Leiden : Sidestone Press [2018]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna"--Page [4] of cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Colourful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and élite 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English; one chapter in French.
Subject Mural painting and decoration, Ancient -- Middle East.
Mural painting and decoration, Ancient.
Middle East.
Middle East -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mural painting and decoration, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mediterranean Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Becker, Johannes, editor.
Jungfleisch, Johannes, editor.
Rüden, Constance von, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Tracing technoscapes. Leiden : Sidestone Press [2018] 9789088906886 (OCoLC)1048332557
ISBN 9789088906893 (electronic book)
9088906890 (electronic book)
9789088906879
9088906882
9789088906886