{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ancient-near-eastern-art-isbn-9781118301258","title":"A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a broad view of the history and current state of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 BCE.  It describes and examines the field from a variety of critical perspectives: across approaches and interpretive frameworks, key explanatory concepts, materials and selected media and formats, and zones of interaction.  This important work also addresses both traditional and emerging categories of material, intellectual perspectives, and research priorities. The book covers geography and chronology, context and setting, medium and scale, while acknowledging the diversity of regional and cultural traditions and the uneven survival of evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One of the book considers the methodologies and approaches that the field has drawn on and refined. Part Two addresses terms and concepts critical to understanding the subjects and formal characteristics of the Near Eastern material record, including the intellectual frameworks within which monuments have been approached and interpreted. Part Three surveys the field’s most distinctive and characteristic genres, with special reference to Mesopotamian art and architecture. Part Four considers involvement with artistic traditions across a broader reach, examining connections with Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. And finally, Part Five addresses intersections with the closely allied discipline of archaeology and the institutional stewardship of cultural heritage in the modern Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold from multiple perspectives, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art\u003c\/i\u003e is an enlightening, must-have book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ancient Near East art and Near East history as well as those interested in history and art history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The “Art” of the “Ancient Near East” 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnn C. Gunter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Approaches and Methods of Analysis and Interpretation 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Art and Material Culture 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Wengrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Meaning and Interpretation 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAstrid Nunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Style 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Cool Root\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Connoisseurship and Classification 103\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleonora Pappalardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Visual Culture 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah B. Graff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Technical Examination and Material Analysis 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Schorsch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Gender and Sexuality 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn D. M. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Semiotics, Reception Theory, and Poststructuralism 209\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlies Heinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Critical Terms and Concepts 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Representation 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDominik Bonatz and Marlies Heinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Narrative 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Ideology 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeate Pongratz‐Leisten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Ritual 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Nakamura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Agency 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophy Downes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 Aesthetics 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGebhard J. Selz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Materials, Media, and Artistic Environments 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Statuary and Reliefs 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudia E. Suter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Glyptic 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdelheid Otto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Religious Architecture 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean M. Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Palaces and Elite Houses 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Schachner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rock Reliefs and Landscape Monuments 483\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eÖmür Harmansa̧ h\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Reconstructing Artistic Environments 507\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMehmet‐Ali Ataç\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Interactions with Neighboring Regions and Artistic Traditions 531\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Ancient Near East and Egypt 533\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy M. Bryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean 565\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarian H. Feldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Near Eastern Art in the Iron Age Mediterranean 585\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Whitley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V Intersections with Archaeology, Collecting, and Cultural Heritage 613\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Archaeology and the Art of the Ancient Near East 615\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eD. T. Potts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Cultural Heritage across the Middle East, Ancient and Modern 637\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoff Emberling and Katharyn Hanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 661\u003c\/p\u003e \t \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn C. Gunter, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e 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.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a broad view of the history and current state of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 \u003csmall\u003eBCE\u003c\/small\u003e. It describes and examines the field from a variety of critical perspectives: across approaches and interpretive frameworks, key explanatory concepts, materials and selected media and formats, and zones of interaction. 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