LEADER 00000cam a2200781Ii 4500 001 ocn816041346 003 OCoLC 005 20190405013828.4 006 m o d 007 cr mn||||||||| 008 121105t20122012nyuab ob 001 0 eng d 019 815969351|a829926725|a833769910|a853882054 020 9781139782579|q(electronic book) 020 1139782576|q(electronic book) 020 9781139776547|q(electronic book) 020 1139776541|q(electronic book) 020 9781139084147|q(electronic book) 020 1139084143|q(electronic book) 020 9781139779586 020 1139779583 020 |z9781107017399 020 |z1107017394 035 (OCoLC)816041346|z(OCoLC)815969351|z(OCoLC)829926725 |z(OCoLC)833769910|z(OCoLC)853882054 040 YDXCP|beng|erda|epn|cYDXCP|dOCLCO|dOSU|dN$T|dCDX|dCAMBR |dE7B|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dSFB|dOCLCQ|dCNCGM|dINT |dOCLCQ 043 a-iq--- 049 RIDW 050 4 NB80|b.E93 2012eb 072 7 ART|x026000|2bisacsh 082 04 732/.5|223 084 SOC003000|2bisacsh 090 NB80|b.E93 2012eb 100 1 Evans, Jean M.,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2008057413|eauthor. 245 14 The lives of Sumerian sculpture :|ban archaeology of the early dynastic temple /|cJean M. Evans. 264 1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c2012. 264 4 |c©2012 300 1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) :|billustrations, map 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Cover; THE LIVES OF SUMERIAN SCULPTURE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A NOTE ON ANCIENT LANGUAGES; A NOTE ON UNPUBLISHED SOURCES FOR THIS STUDY; ONE SUMERIAN ORIGINS, 1850-1930: MAKING THE BODY VISIBLE; INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SUMER, 1850 -1930; PHILOLOGY AND THE SUMERIAN PROBLEM; VISUALIZING THE TERRAIN OF HUMAN TAXONOMY; BEAUTIFUL SKULLS: APOLLO BELVEDERE, CRANIOMETRY, AND THE RECONSTITUTION OF AN IDEAL; ARCHAEOLOGY, GUDEA, AND THE EXAMINATION OF MONUMENTS; "SUMERIAN" SKELETAL REMAINS; BIBLICAL, ETHNOGRAPHIC, AND CIVILIZED TIME IN SUMER. 505 8 Conclusion: sculpting the sumerian bodytwo art history, ethnography, and beautiful sculpture; introduction: the 1930s as a transitional period in the study of sumerian sculpture; henri frankfort, the oriental institute, and physical anthropology; sculpture, ornament, and the origins of art; sumer, "primitive" art, and modern art; conclusion: ideals of sculpture; three seeing the divine: sanctuary, sculpture, and display; introduction: the early dynastic temple as museum; constructing sculpture display in ishtar temple g; sculpture display in the diyala temples and the early dynastic altar. 505 8 Statues, access, and the divineconclusion: seeing as a cultural construction; four the early dynastic life of sculpture; introduction: approaching early dynastic sculpture; dedication in the early dynastic temple institution; materials and methods of manufacturing early dynastic sculpture; the subjects and objects of ritual in the life of sculpture; the death of sculpture?; conclusion : corporeal aesthetics and early dynastic temple sculpture; five becoming temple sculpture: the asmar hoard; introduction to the asmar hoard; locating the asmar hoard; actors, agency, and rituals of libation. 505 8 TRADITION, HEIRLOOMS, AND DIYALA SCULPTUREBECOMING HUMAN: STYLE, IDENTITY, AND THE ASMAR HOARD; CONCLUSION: MODELS FOR THE HUMAN DONOR IN TEMPLE SCULPTURE; SIX GENDER AND IDENTITY IN EARLY DYNASTIC TEMPLE STATUES; INTRODUCTION: THE DONOR AS A SOCIAL PERSONA; MALE DONORS, OCCUPATION, AND IDENTITY; FEMALE DONORS: GENDER, BANQUETING, AND CULTIC PRACTICES; DEPOSITIONAL PATTERNS AT NIPPUR; FEMALE DONORS AND THE INANA TEMPLE; CONCLUSION: COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND EARLY DYNASTIC SCULPTURE; CONCLUSION: MATERIALITY, ABSTRACTION, AND EARLY DYNASTIC SCULPTURE; NOTES; Introduction. 505 8 Chapter One. Sumerian Origins, 1850-1930: Making the Body VisibleChapter Two. Art History, Ethnography, and Beautiful Sculpture; Chapter Three. Seeing the Divine: Sanctuary, Sculpture, and Display; Chapter Four. The Early Dynastic Life of Sculpture; Chapter Five. Becoming Temple Sculpture: The Asmar Hoard; Chapter Six. Gender and Identity in Early Dynastic Temple Statues; Conclusion: Materiality, Abstraction, and Early Dynastic Sculpture; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. 520 "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Sculpture, Sumerian.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002011090 650 0 Figure sculpture|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh86006867|zIraq|zSumer.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n89117459-781 650 0 Temples|zIraq|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh95007327|zSumer.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n89117459-781 650 0 Archaeology and art.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002003644 650 7 Sculpture, Sumerian.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1109882 650 7 Figure sculpture.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 924084 650 7 Temples.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1147397 650 7 Archaeology and art.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 813003 651 7 Iraq.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205757 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aEvans, Jean M.|tLives of Sumerian sculpture.|dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |z9781107017399|w(DLC) 2011050310|w(OCoLC)817967059 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=494721|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. 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