The trowel and the speech bubble. The proximity of images.
| N° d'inventaire | 20784 |
| Format | 17 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 230 p., numerous color illustrations, hardcover. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
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From Indiana Jones to Lara Croft, many speak to our culture and our imagination. Archaeologists, these men and women navigating between past and present, crystallize the most fundamental questions of our culture: those of origins, of the past, the famous “what was it like before?” Excavators of legends, they exhume myths and the oldest beliefs to give them substance, to bring them to life and revive them, when it is not a question of transforming them or giving them a new interpretation. From the Ark of the Covenant to the statues of Easter Island, the 9th art draws answers to the mysteries of Humanity and nourishes the collective imagination. Comics depict these characters, as a vector of history, but also as an image medium. Between comics and archaeology, the bridges are numerous, that of images, of reconstructions, of the visual exploration of the world. Whether as a means of transmission, popularization, or whether archaeology is a historical context to put a bit of our present, many explorations are possible. The variety is there, even among the creators, whether they are archaeologist authors or passionate designers, all eager for research... Archaeology and comics complement each other and weave strong links together. This is what this book aims to explore, in all its aspects and subtleties.
From Indiana Jones to Lara Croft, many speak to our culture and our imagination. Archaeologists, these men and women navigating between past and present, crystallize the most fundamental questions of our culture: those of origins, of the past, the famous “what was it like before?” Excavators of legends, they exhume myths and the oldest beliefs to give them substance, to bring them to life and revive them, when it is not a question of transforming them or giving them a new interpretation. From the Ark of the Covenant to the statues of Easter Island, the 9th art draws answers to the mysteries of Humanity and nourishes the collective imagination. Comics depict these characters, as a vector of history, but also as an image medium. Between comics and archaeology, the bridges are numerous, that of images, of reconstructions, of the visual exploration of the world. Whether as a means of transmission, popularization, or whether archaeology is a historical context to put a bit of our present, many explorations are possible. The variety is there, even among the creators, whether they are archaeologist authors or passionate designers, all eager for research... Archaeology and comics complement each other and weave strong links together. This is what this book aims to explore, in all its aspects and subtleties.