The Brightness of Things

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We are surrounded by the material culture of the people who lived before us: architecture, artworks, and artifacts. But what we observe is not the same as what would have been seen by people long ago, because light can't be captured in the archaeological record. Yet lighting conditions can completely alter our perception, leading to dramatic changes in interpretation for archaeologists, art historians, and psychologists. Kate Devlin examines the way that our understanding of archaeological sites and objects has often been surprisingly inaccurate, and how the latest image sampling and virtual-reality techniques are providing startling insights into ancient places, objects, peoples, and their cultures--from European and African rock art and Mayan frescoes to Egyptian temples and medieval religious paintings.