On art in the ancient Near East
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On art in the ancient Near East
（Culture and history of the ancient Near East / edited by B. Halpern ... [et al.], v. 34）
Brill, c2010
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On the art in the ancient Near East
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Vol. 1. Of the first milennium B.C.E. -- v. 2. From the third millenium B.C.E
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9789004172371
Description
This volume of collected essays brings together for the first time the range of Winter's pioneering studies related to Neo-Assyrian relief sculpture and seals, Phoenician and Syrian ivory and bronze production, and inter-polity connections across the various cultures of first millennium B.C.E. from the Aegean to Iran. Consistent threads are an emphasis on the potential for art historical analysis to yield 'history' in the broadest sense; the importance of making the theoretical frame of interpretation explicit; and the necessity of textual evidence being brought to bear upon elements of formal analysis and archaeological context.
"These beautifully produced volumes bring together essays written over a 35-year period, creating a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts...No library should be without this impressive collection."
J.C. Exum
Table of Contents
- THE ASSYRIAN PALACE AND RELIEF CARVING Chapter One: Royal Rhetoric and the Development of Historical Narrative in Neo-Assyrian Reliefs Chapter Two: Art in Empire: The Royal Image and the Visual Dimensions of Assyrian Ideology Chapter Three: Le Palais imaginaire: Scale and Meaning in the Iconography of Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seals Chapter Four: Ornament and the "Rhetoric of Abundance" in Assyria BRONZE AND IVORY/LUXURY GOODS Chapter Five: Phoenician and North Syrian Ivory Carving in Historical Context: Questions of Style and Distribution Chapter Six: Carved Ivory Furniture Panels from Nimrud: A Coherent Subgroup of the North Syrian Style Chapter Seven
- Is There a South Syrian Style of Ivory Carving in the Early First Millennium b.c.? Chapter Eight: North Syria as a Bronzeworking Centre in the Early First Millennium b.c.: Luxury Commodities at Home and Abroad Chapter Nine: North Syrian Ivories and Tell Halaf Reliefs: The Impact of Luxury Goods upon "Major" Arts Chapter Ten: Establishing Group Boundaries: Toward Methodological Refinement in the Determination of Sets as a Prior Condition to the Analysis of Cultural Contact and/or Innovation in First Millennium b.c.e. Ivory Carving INTERACTIONS OF TIME AND SPACE Chapter Eleven: Perspective on the "Local Style" of Hasanlu IVB: A Study in Receptivity Chapter Twelve: On the Problems of Karatepe: The Reliefs and Their Context Chapter Thirteen: Art as Evidence for Interaction: Relations between the Assyrian Empire and North Syria Chapter Fourteen: Carchemish sa kisad puratti Chapter Fifteen: Homer's Phoenicians: History, Ethnography, or Literary Trope? [A Perspective on Early Orientalism]
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v. 2 ISBN 9789004174993
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This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia. Stress is upon the ability of free-standing sculpture and public monuments not only to reflect cultural attitudes, but to affect a viewing audience. Using Sumerian and Akkadian texts as well as works, the power of visual experience is pursued toward an understanding not only of the monuments but of their times and our own.
"These beautifully produced volumes bring together essays written over a 35-year period, creating a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts...No library should be without this impressive collection."
J.C. Exum
Table of Contents
Chapter Sixteen- After the Battle is Over: The Stele of
the Vultures and the Beginning of Historical Narrative in
the Art of the Ancient Near East
Chapter Seventeen- Eannatum and the "King of Kis"?:
Another Look at the Stele of the Vultures and
"Cartouches" in Early Sumerian
Chapter Eighteen- Women in Public: The Disk of
Enheduanna, the Beginning of the Office of En-Priestess,
and the Weight of Visual Evidence
Chapter Nineteen- Sex, Rhetoric, and the Public
Monument: The Alluring Body of Naram-Sin of Agade
Chapter Twenty- Tree(s) on the Mountain: Landscape
and Territory on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
of Agade
Chapter Twenty-One- How Tall was Naram-Sin's Victory
Stele? Speculation on the Broken Bottom
Chapter Twenty-Two- The Body of the Able Ruler: Toward
an Understanding of the Statues of Gudea
Chapter Twenty-Three- 'Idols of the King': Royal Images
as Recipients of Ritual Action in Ancient Mesopotamia
EXPERIENCING 'ART' AND ARTIFACT
Chapter Twenty-Four- Representing Abundance: A Visual
Dimension of the Agrarian State
Chapter Twenty-Five- Reading Ritual in the Archaeological
Record: Deposition Pattern and Function of Two Artifact
Types from the Royal Cemetery of Ur
Chapter Twenty-Six-"Surpassing Work": Mastery of
Materials and the Value of Skilled Production in Ancient
Sumer
Chapter Twenty-Seven- The Aesthetic Value of Lapis Lazuli
in Mesopotamia
Chapter Twenty-Eight- Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed:
The Affective Object in Ancient
Chapter Twenty-Nine- "Seat of Kingship"/"A Wonder to
Behold": The Palace as Construct in the Ancient Near East
Chapter Thirty- Opening the Eyes and Opening the
Mouth: The Utility of Comparing Images in Worship in
India and the Ancient Near East
Chapter Thirty-One- The Affective Properties of Styles:
An Inquiry into Analytical Process and the Inscription
of Meaning in Art History
VIEWING (IN) THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Chapter Thirty-Two- The Eyes Have It: Votive Statuary,
Gilgamesh's Axe, and Cathected Viewing in the Ancient
Near East
Chapter Thirty-Three- Babylonian Archaeologists of The(ir)
Mesopotamian Past
Chapter Thirty-Four- Exhibit/Inhibit: Archaeology, Value,
History in the Work of Fred Wilson
Chapter Thirty-Five- Change in the American Art Museum:
The (An) Art Historian's Voice
Chapter Thirty-Six- Packaging the Past: The Benefits
and Costs of Archaeological Tourism
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