Restoring the Minoans : Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans / edited by Jennifer Y. Chi ; including contributions by Jennifer Y. Chi, Rachel Herschamn, and Kenneth Lapatin.
Publisher:
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University ;
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 24 cm
Published on the occasion of an exhibit at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, October 5, 2017-January 7, 2018. "This exhibition has been organized by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford"--page 132. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
"Reconstituting" the Minoans / Kenneth Lapatin. An interview with Elizabeth Price / Jennifer Y. Chi -- "Reconstituting" the Minoans / Kenneth Lapatin.
Summary:
How do archaeologists and artists reimagine what life was like during the Greek Bronze Age? How do contemporary conditions influence the way we understand the ancient past? This innovative book considers two imaginative restorations of the ancient world that test the boundaries of interpretation and invention by bringing together the discovery of Minoan culture by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) and the work of the Turner Prize-winning video artist Elizabeth Price (b. 1966). Featured essays examine Evans's interpretation and restoration of the Knossos palace and present fresh photography of Minoan artifacts and archival photographs of the dig alongside beautiful, previously unpublished watercolors and drawings by the archaeological illustrators and restorers who worked on the site: Emile Gillieron pere (1850-1924), Emile Gillieron fils (1885-1939), Piet de Jong (1887-1967), and others. 00Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom (05.10.2017 - 07.01.2018).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.