Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Origins of MonstersCondition: NewEAN: 9780691159041ISBN: 9780691159041Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/24/2013Item Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmItem Weight: 567gAuthor: David WengrowLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical ReproductionISBN-10: 0691159041Description: It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and cosmopolitan trade networks that "monsters" became widespread features of visual production in the ancient world. Showing how these fantastic images originated and how they were transmitted, David Wengrow identifies patterns in the records of human image-making and embarks on a search for connections between mind and culture. Wengrow asks: Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? Wengrow considers the work of art in the first age of mechanical reproduction, which he locates in the Middle East, where urban life began.Comparing the development and spread of fantastic imagery across a range of prehistoric and ancient societies, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and China, he explores how the visual imagination has been shaped by a complex mixture of historical and universal factors. Examining the reasons behind the dissemination of monstrous imagery in ancient states and empires, The Origins of Monsters sheds light on the relationship between culture and cognition.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Arts & PhotographyBook Series: Rostovtzeff LecturesTopic: History, Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Origins of Monsters
Title: The Origins of Monsters
EAN: 9780691159041
ISBN: 9780691159041
Release Date: 11/24/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction
ISBN-10: 0691159041
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Ancient History
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Origins of Monsters : Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Archaeology, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Folklore & Mythology, Ethnopsychology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Art, Social Science, Psychology
Author: David Wengrow
Item Length: 10.3 in
Item Width: 7.4 in
Series: The Rostovtzeff Lectures
Format: Hardcover
