Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age

by: Demakopoulou, K. Eluere, Chr. Jensen, J. Jockenhovel, A. Mohen, J.-P.

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 Gods and heroes of the European Bronze Age

Authors:Kaitē. Dēmakopoulou, Council of Europe, Nationalmuseet (Denmark), Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), Ethnikon Archaiologikon Mouseion (Greece), Council of Europe Art Exhibition (25th : 1999-2000 : Denmark).

Summary:The Bronze Age is one of the most important periods in the prehistory of Europe. Beginning around the mid-3rd millennium BC, its legacy can be found in spectacular monuments and artifacts across the continent, from Wessex in Britain to Knossos and Mycenae in Greece, and Troy in Asia Minor, extending to Maikop in the Caucasus. It was an age that saw the spread of a new technology - metallurgy - which was to have profound effects on the development of civilization in Europe. The use of bronze for tools and weapons was accompanied by other great transformations, such as specialized craftsmanship, a rise in exchange and trade, and increasing social stratification and political organization. Another innovation was the first appearance of writing in Europe - the Bronze Age thus also witnessed the birth of European history." "Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age is published to accompany a major exhibition that includes more than 250 of the finest objects from sites in twenty-three European countries

Contents:
Chapter 1. Adventurers, Artisans and travellers
Chapter 2. The Heroes and their Palaces
Chapter 3. The Heroes: Life and Death
Chapter 4. The World of the Gods in the Bronze Age
Chapter 5. The Birth of Europe

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gods and heroes of the Bronze Age. Europe at the time of Ulysses", etc., held from Dec. 19, 1998-April 5, 1999, at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen; from May 13 to Aug. 22, 1999, at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschlands, Bonn; from Sept. 28, 1999, to Jan. 9, 2000 at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; and from Feb. 11 to May 7, 2000 at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
"25th Council of Europe Art Exhibition

Subjects:
Antiquities
Archeologische vondsten
Art préhistorique Europe Expositions
Art, Prehistoric
Art, Prehistoric Europe Exhibitions
Âge du bronze Europe Expositions
Bronstijd
Bronze age
Bronze age Europe Exhibitions
Catalogues d'exposition
Europe
Europe Antiquités Expositions
Europe Antiquities Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Goden
Prehistoric peoples
Prehistoric peoples Europe Exhibitions
exhibition catalogs

Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age

by: Demakopoulou, K. Eluere, Chr. Jensen, J. Jockenhovel, A. Mohen, J.-P.

• ISBN-13: 9780500019153 / 978-0-500-01915-3
• ISBN-03: 0500019150 / 0-500-01915-0
• Thames and Hudson, London, 1999

Price: 95,67 EURO

(in stock)