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The amazing discovery of the 'first European civilization' in Crete, Greece and the Aegean islands during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was beyond what anyone had imagined. Beginning with the Neolithic period, before 3000 BCE, and ending at the close of the Bronze Age and the transition to the Iron Age of Hellenic Greece (c.1000 BCE), this is the first comprehensive introduction to the visual arts and architecture of this extraordinary era. This book introduces the reader to the historical and social contexts within which the arts - pottery, gold, silver, and ivory objects, gravestone reliefs, frescoes, and architecture - of the Aegean area developed. It examines the functions they served, and the ways in which they can be read as evidence for the interactions of many different peoples and societies in the eastern Mediterranean. It also provides an up-to-date critical historiography of the field in its relationship to the growth of ancient art history, archaeology, and museology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, giving a contemporary audience a clear appreciation of what has been at stake in the uncovering and reconstruction of this ancient society.
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Donald Preziosi is Professor of Art History, UCLA, where he developed and directs the art history critical theory programme, as well as the UCLA museum studies programme.
Dr Louise Hitchcock is a Research Associate of the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. She received the prestigious Edward A. Dickson Fellowship on several occasions prior to completing her Ph.D., and was a Fellow of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.
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As a Classics undergraduate, I think this is the best place to get familiar with the key site plans and images for the aegean world. I love owning this book because it means I always have the picture or case study I need on hand when writing essays. Nowhere else can you get such a range of full-colour pictures and diagrams.
The text is also sound, but I would recommend it only as an introduction or for quick reference. It has a very particular scholarly axe to grind, about modern minds affecting how the aegean past in particular has been approached. This is a crucially important point but I found myself wanting more and went to find other books. Which is what an introduction is supposed to do, I suppose!
However, a strength of the book is coverage of the aegean from as early as the late neolithic.
Overall, for undergraduates I would recommend using this book in conjuction with the cambridge companion to aegean prehistory. The companion has better text but the pictures provided here are more extensive. Also, whereas the pictures in the companion are only black and white, this book is full colour- important for understanding frescoes and recognising pottery types.
The text is also sound, but I would recommend it only as an introduction or for quick reference. It has a very particular scholarly axe to grind, about modern minds affecting how the aegean past in particular has been approached. This is a crucially important point but I found myself wanting more and went to find other books. Which is what an introduction is supposed to do, I suppose!
However, a strength of the book is coverage of the aegean from as early as the late neolithic.
Overall, for undergraduates I would recommend using this book in conjuction with the cambridge companion to aegean prehistory. The companion has better text but the pictures provided here are more extensive. Also, whereas the pictures in the companion are only black and white, this book is full colour- important for understanding frescoes and recognising pottery types.
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