Camouflage, Zoomorphism, and the Origins of Image-Making
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Authors
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Wengrow, David
Publication Date
2022-06-15Journal Title
Freiburger Studien zur Archäologie und Visuellen Kultur
ISBN
978-3-96929-040-8
Publisher
Propylaeum
Pages
93-114
Type
Book chapter
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Van Eck, C. (2022). Camouflage, Zoomorphism, and the Origins of Image-Making. In Wengrow, David. Propylaeum, Freiburger Studien zur Archäologie und Visuellen Kultur. [Book chapter]. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.842.c10807
Abstract
In my paper I will consider camouflage as a possible primary source for image-making and the creation of social worlds in and through the use of such images. In camouflage, I will argue, we find competences at work that are essential for image making and interaction by means of them: the ability to create and display forms that refer to something else, and to recognize shapes as such, for instance. Camouflage also shares important functions and features with man-made images: that of visual persuasion for instance, closely connected to the dynamics of display, and it raises interesting questions about the relation between competence and comprehension.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.842.c10807
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85342
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