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Considering creativity : creativity, knowledge and practice in Bronze Age Europe / edited by Joanna Sofaer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Archaeopress archaeologyPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: x, 163 pages illustrations (some color), maps 30 cmContent type:
  • text, still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784917548
  • 1784917540
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 936.01 23/swe
LOC classification:
  • GN778.2.A1
Other classification:
  • Ja.15
Contents:
Introduction (Joanna Sofaer) -- 1. Creativity and Knowledge (Bengt Molander) -- 2. Copying from Sherds. Creativity in Bronze Age Pottery in Central Iberia (1800-1150 BC) (Antonio Blanco-Gonzalez) -- 3. Creativity versus Taboo in Late Bronze Age Central and Southeast Europe (Carola Metzner-Nebelsick) -- 4. Dull Hues versus Colour and Glamour. Creative Textile Design in the 2nd Millennium BC in Central Europe (Karina Groemer and Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer) -- 5. The imaginary crested helmet of Vercingetorix: What is 'Creativity' in Bronze Age metal production? (Anne Lehoerff) -- 6. Creativity and the Making of a Pottery Decoration Style in Middle Bronze Age Transylvania: The Building of a Theory of Movement (Nona Palincas) -- 7. The Nordic razor as a medium of creativity (Flemming Kaul) -- 8. In the Beginning was the Fibre (Antoinette Rast-Eicher) -- 9. Towards Textile Textures (Lise Bender Jorgensen) -- 10. The Apperance of Fibulae in the Late Bronze Age. Creativity in the Crafting of the First Clothes Fasteners in the South of the Carpathian Basin (Daria Loznjak Dizdar) -- 11. Creative Elaboration in Clay in the Early Bronze Age in the Carpathian Region (Jozef Batora).
Summary: Creativity is embedded in human history. Indeed, it is impossible to understand material change and the development of the new without invoking creativity. The location, exploration and analysis of creativity should therefore be of particular concern to archaeologists. This volume engages with this challenge by focusing on the outcomes of creativity - material culture - and an exploration of creative practice. The European Bronze Age provides a useful focus for discussions of the outcomes of creativity because in this period we see the development of new and pre-existing materials that we take for granted today, in particular textiles and bronze. We also see new ways of working with existing materials, such as clay, to create novel forms. In both new and existing materials it is frequently possible to see the growth of technical skill, to produce complex forms and elaborate decorated surfaces.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction (Joanna Sofaer) -- 1. Creativity and Knowledge (Bengt Molander) -- 2. Copying from Sherds. Creativity in Bronze Age Pottery in Central Iberia (1800-1150 BC) (Antonio Blanco-Gonzalez) -- 3. Creativity versus Taboo in Late Bronze Age Central and Southeast Europe (Carola Metzner-Nebelsick) -- 4. Dull Hues versus Colour and Glamour. Creative Textile Design in the 2nd Millennium BC in Central Europe (Karina Groemer and Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer) -- 5. The imaginary crested helmet of Vercingetorix: What is 'Creativity' in Bronze Age metal production? (Anne Lehoerff) -- 6. Creativity and the Making of a Pottery Decoration Style in Middle Bronze Age Transylvania: The Building of a Theory of Movement (Nona Palincas) -- 7. The Nordic razor as a medium of creativity (Flemming Kaul) -- 8. In the Beginning was the Fibre (Antoinette Rast-Eicher) -- 9. Towards Textile Textures (Lise Bender Jorgensen) -- 10. The Apperance of Fibulae in the Late Bronze Age. Creativity in the Crafting of the First Clothes Fasteners in the South of the Carpathian Basin (Daria Loznjak Dizdar) -- 11. Creative Elaboration in Clay in the Early Bronze Age in the Carpathian Region (Jozef Batora).

Creativity is embedded in human history. Indeed, it is impossible to understand material change and the development of the new without invoking creativity. The location, exploration and analysis of creativity should therefore be of particular concern to archaeologists. This volume engages with this challenge by focusing on the outcomes of creativity - material culture - and an exploration of creative practice. The European Bronze Age provides a useful focus for discussions of the outcomes of creativity because in this period we see the development of new and pre-existing materials that we take for granted today, in particular textiles and bronze. We also see new ways of working with existing materials, such as clay, to create novel forms. In both new and existing materials it is frequently possible to see the growth of technical skill, to produce complex forms and elaborate decorated surfaces.

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