Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1982 |
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| Authors: | Mrs Susan M Youngs John Clark Dr T B Barry |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum, London WC1B 3DG;2. Department of Medieval Antiquities, Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN;3. Department of Medieval History, 3143 Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 |
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| Abstract: | ARCHAEOLOGY and art history are closely allied disciplines, particularly for the study of the medieval period. This paper seeks to compare and contrast archaeological with art historical approaches to medieval material culture in terms appropriate to an archaeological audience, much as Stanis?aw Tabaczyński examined the relationships between archaeology and history in the pages of this journal only a few years ago.1 Rather than emphasize the distinctions between archaeology and art history, an attempt is made to focus on where these two disciplines intersect and how art history at the cusp of the new millennium differs from what archaeologists on both sides of the Atlantic often assume. This seeks to bring recent changes in art historical methods and theory to the attention of medieval archaeologists, suggesting that interdisciplinary cooperation between archaeology and the humanistic disciplines, including art history, should be strengthened. |
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