Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9781139782579
1139782576
9781139776547
1139776541
9781139084147
1139084143
9781139779586
1139779583
1139793934
9781139793933
1139887521
9781139887526
1139783548
9781139783545
1283714647
9781283714648
1139778064
9781139778060
9781107017399
1107017394
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "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"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Evans, Jean M. Lives of Sumerian sculpture. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107017399
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