On Art in the Ancient Near East Volume II

From the Third Millennium Bce
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17499-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34/2, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1361 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia. Stress is upon the ability of free-standing sculpture and public monuments not only to reflect cultural attitudes, but to affect a viewing audience. Using Sumerian and Akkadian texts as well as works, the power of visual experience is pursued toward an understanding not only of the monuments but of their times and our own.

"These beautifully produced volumes bring together essays written over a 35-year period, creating a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts.No library should be without this impressive collection."
J.C. Exum

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winter, Irene

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Vorderasien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter Sixteen- After the Battle is Over: The Stele of
the Vultures and the Beginning of Historical Narrative in
the Art of the Ancient Near East
Chapter Seventeen- Eannatum and the “King of Kiš”?:

Another Look at the Stele of the Vultures and
“Cartouches” in Early Sumerian
Chapter Eighteen- Women in Public: The Disk of
Enheduanna, the Beginning of the Office of En-Priestess,
and the Weight of Visual Evidence
Chapter Nineteen- Sex, Rhetoric, and the Public
Monument: The Alluring Body of Naram-Sîn of Agade
Chapter Twenty- Tree(s) on the Mountain: Landscape
and Territory on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn
of Agade
Chapter Twenty-One- How Tall was Naram-Sîn’s Victory
Stele? Speculation on the Broken Bottom
Chapter Twenty-Two- The Body of the Able Ruler: Toward
an Understanding of the Statues of Gudea
Chapter Twenty-Three- ‘Idols of the King’: Royal Images
as Recipients of Ritual Action in Ancient Mesopotamia
EXPERIENCING ‘ART’ AND ARTIFACT
Chapter Twenty-Four- Representing Abundance: A Visual
Dimension of the Agrarian State
Chapter Twenty-Five- Reading Ritual in the Archaeological
Record: Deposition Pattern and Function of Two Artifact
Types from the Royal Cemetery of Ur
Chapter Twenty-Six-“Surpassing Work”: Mastery of
Materials and the Value of Skilled Production in Ancient
Sumer
Chapter Twenty-Seven- The Aesthetic Value of Lapis Lazuli
in Mesopotamia
Chapter Twenty-Eight- Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed:

The Affective Object in Ancient
Chapter Twenty-Nine- “Seat of Kingship”/“A Wonder to
Behold”: The Palace as Construct in the Ancient Near East
Chapter Thirty- Opening the Eyes and Opening the
Mouth: The Utility of Comparing Images in Worship in
India and the Ancient Near East
Chapter Thirty-One- The Affective Properties of Styles:

An Inquiry into Analytical Process and the Inscription
of Meaning in Art History
VIEWING (IN) THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Chapter Thirty-Two- The Eyes Have It: Votive Statuary,
Gilgamesh’s Axe, and Cathected Viewing in the Ancient
Near East
Chapter Thirty-Three- Babylonian Archaeologists of The(ir)
Mesopotamian Past
Chapter Thirty-Four- Exhibit/Inhibit: Archaeology, Value,
History in the Work of Fred Wilson
Chapter Thirty-Five- Change in the American Art Museum:

The (An) Art Historian’s Voice
Chapter Thirty-Six- Packaging the Past: The Benefits
and Costs of Archaeological Tourism

Über Autor(innen)

Irene J. Winter, Ph.D. (1973), Columbia University, New York, is William Dorr Boardman Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Her first degree was in Anthropology (Barnard College); her MA in Near Eastern Studies (University of Chicago), her PhD in Art History and Archaeology. Not surprisingly, her extensive publications have tended to be inter-disciplinary in nature.