Restoring the Minoans

Restoring the Minoans
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9780691178691
ISBN-13 : 0691178690
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Book Synopsis Restoring the Minoans by : Jennifer Chi

Download or read book Restoring the Minoans written by Jennifer Chi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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and present fresh photography of Minoan artifacts and archival photographs of the dig alongside beautiful, previously unpublished watercolors and drawings by the archaeological illustrators and restorers who worked on the site: Émile Gilliéron père(1850–1924), Émile Gilliéron fils (1885–1939), Piet de Jong (1887–1967), and others. An interview with Price explores how her attraction to the Sir Arthur Evans Archive became the basis for her commissioned video installation at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum and offers insight into her creative practice. Exhibition dates: October 5, 2017–January 7, 2018


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