The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture Examines both the early modern reception and the ancient context of the Sumerian temple sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 31 October 2012
- Format: Hardback 287 pages
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- Categories: Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Sculpture | Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Prehistoric Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9781107017399 ISBN 10: 1107017394
- Sales rank: 712,565
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Full description for The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture
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.
