The Archaeology of Seeing: Science and Interpretation, the Past and Contemporary Visual Art. LILIANA JANIK. 2020. Routledge, New York. xiii + 233 pp. $160.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-367-36025-2. $46.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-367-36022-1. $46.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-429-34333-9.

Abstract

<p>The Archaeology of The rich premise of this book is that archaeological art—including cave art of Ice Age Europe—can be compared with art in the recent past, and that it is possible to use ideas from contemporary art criticism when analyzing prehistoric visual art and communication. By "prehistoric," Liliana Janik means art predating written accounts communicated about the art itself, although she does not acknowledge the slight that some Indigenous people feel as a result of that word.</p>