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Size Matters: Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations
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Abstract When talking about monuments, size undeniably matters - or does it? But how else can we measure monumentality? Bringing together researchers from various fields such as archaeology, museology, history, sociology, Mesoamerican studies, and art history, this book discusses terminological and methodolo... view more
When talking about monuments, size undeniably matters - or does it? But how else can we measure monumentality? Bringing together researchers from various fields such as archaeology, museology, history, sociology, Mesoamerican studies, and art history, this book discusses terminological and methodological approaches in both theoretical contributions and various case studies. While focusing on architectural aspects, this volume also discusses the social meaning of monuments, the role of forced and free labour, as well as textual monumentality. The result is a modern interdisciplinary take on an important concept which is notoriously difficult to define.... view less
Keywords
architecture; identity; monument; cultural history; perception; reception
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Other Fields of Humanities
Free Keywords
Monumentality; Energetics; Labour; Ancient History; History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
350 p.
Series
Histoire, 146
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389
ISBN
978-3-8394-4538-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0