The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic TempleCambridge University Press, 8 ott 2012 - 278 pagine This book examines the sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350 BC) of Sumer, a region corresponding to present-day southern Iraq. Featured almost exclusively in temple complexes, some 550 Early Dynastic stone statues of human figures carved in an abstract style have survived. Chronicling the intellectual history of ancient Near Eastern art history and archaeology at the intersection of sculpture and aesthetics, this book argues that the early modern reception of Sumer still influences ideas about these sculptures. Engaging also with the archaeology of the Early Dynastic temple, the book ultimately considers what a stone statue of a human figure has signified, both in modern times and in antiquity. |
Sommario
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MAKING THE BODY VISIBLE | 15 |
ART HISTORY ETHNOGRAPHY AND BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE | 46 |
SANCTUARY SCULPTURE AND DISPLAY | 76 |
THE EARLY DYNAsTIC LIFE OF SCULPTURE | 111 |
THE AsMAR HoARD | 146 |
GENDER AND IDENTITY IN EARLY DYNAsTIC TEMPLE STATUEs | 179 |
MATERIALITY ABSTRACTION AND EARLY | 203 |
Notes | 209 |
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The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple Jean M. Evans Anteprima limitata - 2012 |
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abstraction Abu Temple aesthetic Akkadian alan altar Apollo Belvedere archaeological Archaic Shrine art history Asmar hoard belted heroes clasped hands clay figurines context cult statue cultic cylinder seals dedicated dedicatory defined deity Delougaz and Lloyd divine Diyala Diyala excavations Diyala region donor Dynastic temple sculpture Dynastic temple statues Early Dynastic period Early Dynastic ruler Early Dynastic sculpture Early Dynastic statues Early Dynastic temple Ebla Enlil ethnographic example female figures Figure figure with clasped finds findspot first floor Frankfort 1939 Gudea gypsum human figure Ibid identified ideoplastic Imdugud Inana Temple inscribed inscriptions Iraq Ishtar Temple Khafajah Kish Lagash level VIIB male figure Mari Mesopotamian mudbrick Museum Ningirsu Nintu Nippur objects Oriental Institute reconstruction reflection representation ritual royal sanctuary sculp sculpture fragments sculpture styles Shara Temple significance solid—footed goblets specific Square Temple suggested Sumer Sumerian language Sumerian sculpture Tell Asmar Temple G Ur III Uruk visual culture Winckelmann Woolley Zettler