TY - BOOK
T1 - Able Minds and Practised Hands
T2 - Scotland's Early Medieval Sculpture in the 21st Century
A2 - Foster, Sally Mary
A2 - Morag, Cross
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Andersons 1903 landmark publication, The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, twenty six essays explore the current state of knowledge of early medieval sculpture in Scotland. They demonstrate the unique value of this material in contributing to our understanding of the society and people that created it between 1000 to 1500 years ago. Todays approaches and techniques offer new insights, as well as great hope, for what might be learnt from future study of familiar and new material alike. The essays exemplify the ever-diversifying, interdisciplinary approaches that are being taken to the study of early medieval sculpture. Key themes that emerge include: the interdependence of conservation, research and access; the need for a 21st-century inventory of the sculpture; the breadth and value of the wide range of the research tools that now exist; conservation issues, including the politics of how and where sculpture should be protected, and the pressing need to identify priorities for action; and, what is probably the most important development over the last 100 years, the increase in awareness of the range of values and significances that attaches to early medieval sculpture, including appreciation of context.
AB - One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Andersons 1903 landmark publication, The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, twenty six essays explore the current state of knowledge of early medieval sculpture in Scotland. They demonstrate the unique value of this material in contributing to our understanding of the society and people that created it between 1000 to 1500 years ago. Todays approaches and techniques offer new insights, as well as great hope, for what might be learnt from future study of familiar and new material alike. The essays exemplify the ever-diversifying, interdisciplinary approaches that are being taken to the study of early medieval sculpture. Key themes that emerge include: the interdependence of conservation, research and access; the need for a 21st-century inventory of the sculpture; the breadth and value of the wide range of the research tools that now exist; conservation issues, including the politics of how and where sculpture should be protected, and the pressing need to identify priorities for action; and, what is probably the most important development over the last 100 years, the increase in awareness of the range of values and significances that attaches to early medieval sculpture, including appreciation of context.
KW - early medieval, early Christian, carved stones, Picts, Gaels, Britons, Scots, Vikings
M3 - Book
SN - 1904350747
SN - 978-1904350743
T3 - Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series
BT - Able Minds and Practised Hands
PB - Maney Publishing
CY - Leeds, United Kingdom
ER -