The Image as a Normative Force

Charlotte Behr

The Image as a Normative Force

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Abstract

Ancient images have long played an important role in archaeological research. Especially in the archaeological study of past societies with little or no written records, images are often used as evidence for contemporary mentalities and world- views, myths and ideas. Images like objects, performances or rituals are explained as part of a symbolic language that was shared within a society. Even if perceptions of images and other visual displays vary significantly between individuals according to their educational, social, religious or political backgrounds and views, ways of seeing are culturally constructed and embedded within common cultural assumptions and understandings. Visual experiences are part of collective ways of comprehension and communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Homo pictor
Subtitle of host publication	Image Studies and Archaeology in Dialogue
Editors	Jacobus Bracker
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Propylaeum
Pages	11-37
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-948465-77-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-948465-78-0
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name	Freiburger Studien zur Archäologie & Visuellen Kultur
Publisher	Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	2628-2747
ISSN (Electronic)	2628-1856

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