An Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

An Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe

Miranda Aldhouse-Green

302 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The book challenges the usual interpretation of statues, reliefs and figurines as passive things to be looked at or worshipped, and reveals them instead as active artefacts designed to be used, handled and broken. It is made clear that the placing...

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