The lives of Sumerian sculpture : an archaeology of the early dynastic temple /

The lives of Sumerian sculpture : an archaeology of the early dynastic temple /

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Main Author: Evans, Jean M. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Subjects:

Sculpture, Sumerian.
Figure sculpture > Iraq > Sumer.
Temples > Iraq > Sumer.
Archaeology and art.

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Call Number: NB80 .E93 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sumerian origins, 1850-1930: making the body visible
  • 2. Art history, ethnography, and beautiful sculpture
  • 3. Seeing the divine: sanctuary, sculpture, and display
  • 4. The Early Dynastic life of sculpture
  • 5. Becoming temple sculpture: the Asmar hoard
  • 6. Gender and identity in Early Dynastic temple statues
  • Conclusion: materiality, abstraction, and Early Dynastic sculpture.