De la beauté du geste technique en préhistoire
Résumé
A prehistory of skilled labour.
What is the nature of the relationship between aesthetics and function in prehistorical tools ? This article revisits Leroi-Gourhan’s notion of “ functional aesthetics ” via the analysis of bifaces – artefacts with two perpendicular planes of symmetry. I argue that the skilled act that lies behind the creation of the tool possesses its own form of beauty, one which is integral to the aesthetic of the tool itself.
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