The Concept of Art as Archaeologically Applicable
In this article I review arguments in favour of the need and possibility of importing a revitalized concept of art in archaeological reasoning. By comprehending the concept of art as a function, rather than as a property inherent within particular kinds of objects or events, I offer a way of underst...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0959774317000026 2024-03-03T08:47:27+00:00 The Concept of Art as Archaeologically Applicable Sjöstrand, Ylva 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774317000026 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0959774317000026 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Cambridge Archaeological Journal volume 27, issue 2, page 371-388 ISSN 0959-7743 1474-0540 Archeology Cultural Studies Archeology journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774317000026 2024-02-08T08:46:40Z In this article I review arguments in favour of the need and possibility of importing a revitalized concept of art in archaeological reasoning. By comprehending the concept of art as a function, rather than as a property inherent within particular kinds of objects or events, I offer a way of understanding art as the mode in which a phenomenon operates when its ontological multiplicity, its variety of equally real modes of being, becomes exposed. Seen in this vein, art emerges as an entity both created and experienced when several potential versions of a thing or event are laid bare. I emphasize that an element's capacity to communicate such factual intersectionality requires effort in order to endure; and argue that it is the formats for such ‘practices of maintenance’ that constitute art-worlds situated in culture. I also assert that these strategies, like all formalized engagements with material culture, generate traces, and accordingly can be grasped by analyses of an archaeological record. To illustrate this idea, I discuss the red ochre rock paintings from Neolithic northern Sweden made between approximately 6000 and 4000 bp by hunter-gatherer communities that were also producing petroglyphs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Cambridge University Press Ochre ENVELOPE(166.550,166.550,-78.233,-78.233) Cambridge Archaeological Journal 27 2 371 388 |
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In this article I review arguments in favour of the need and possibility of importing a revitalized concept of art in archaeological reasoning. By comprehending the concept of art as a function, rather than as a property inherent within particular kinds of objects or events, I offer a way of understanding art as the mode in which a phenomenon operates when its ontological multiplicity, its variety of equally real modes of being, becomes exposed. Seen in this vein, art emerges as an entity both created and experienced when several potential versions of a thing or event are laid bare. I emphasize that an element's capacity to communicate such factual intersectionality requires effort in order to endure; and argue that it is the formats for such ‘practices of maintenance’ that constitute art-worlds situated in culture. I also assert that these strategies, like all formalized engagements with material culture, generate traces, and accordingly can be grasped by analyses of an archaeological record. To illustrate this idea, I discuss the red ochre rock paintings from Neolithic northern Sweden made between approximately 6000 and 4000 bp by hunter-gatherer communities that were also producing petroglyphs. |
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