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Author:   Ann C. Gunter (Northwestern University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.338kg
ISBN:  

9781118301258

ISBN 10:   1118301250
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   16 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix 1 The “Art” of the “Ancient Near East” 1 Ann C. Gunter PART I Approaches and Methods of Analysis and Interpretation 23 2 Art and Material Culture 25 David Wengrow 3 Meaning and Interpretation 49 Astrid Nunn 4 Style 75 Margaret Cool Root 5 Connoisseurship and Classification 103 Eleonora Pappalardo 6 Visual Culture 129 Sarah B. Graff 7 Technical Examination and Material Analysis 153 Deborah Schorsch 8 Gender and Sexuality 179 John D. M. Green 9 Semiotics, Reception Theory, and Poststructuralism 209 Marlies Heinz PART II Critical Terms and Concepts 231 10 Representation 233 Dominik Bonatz and Marlies Heinz 11 Narrative 261 Paul Collins 12 Ideology 283 Beate Pongratz‐Leisten 13 Ritual 309 Carolyn Nakamura 14 Agency 333 Sophy Downes 15 Aesthetics 359 Gebhard J. Selz PART III Materials, Media, and Artistic Environments 383 16 Statuary and Reliefs 385 Claudia E. Suter 17 Glyptic 411 Adelheid Otto 18 Religious Architecture 433 Jean M. Evans 19 Palaces and Elite Houses 457 Andreas Schachner 20 Rock Reliefs and Landscape Monuments 483 Ömür Harmansa̧ h 21 Reconstructing Artistic Environments 507 Mehmet‐Ali Ataç PART IV Interactions with Neighboring Regions and Artistic Traditions 531 22 The Ancient Near East and Egypt 533 Betsy M. Bryan 23 The Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean 565 Marian H. Feldman 24 Near Eastern Art in the Iron Age Mediterranean 585 James Whitley PART V Intersections with Archaeology, Collecting, and Cultural Heritage 613 25 Archaeology and the Art of the Ancient Near East 615 D. T. Potts 26 Cultural Heritage across the Middle East, Ancient and Modern 637 Geoff Emberling and Katharyn Hanson Index 661

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Ann C. Gunter, PhD, is Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. She is also the former curator of ancient Near Eastern art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, where she organized numerous exhibitions.

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