Two - Looking
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2022
Summary
Using John Berger’s famous essay ‘Why look at animals?’ as a starting point, this chapter sets out the theoretical basis for the book, replacing an art historical framework in which animal art reflects a love of nature with a relational approach focusing on the interactions between humans, animals and things. An ontological approach is used to identify modern ways of looking at animals/objects and opening up new ways of understanding them.
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- Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age CreteA History through Objects, pp. 29 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022