The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture
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The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture

An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple

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The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture

An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. THE LIVES OF SUMERIAN SCULPTURE
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. ONE SUMERIAN ORIGINS, 1850–1930: MAKING THE BODY VISIBLE
  10. TWO ART HISTORY, ETHNOGRAPHY, AND BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE
  11. THREE SEEING THE DIVINE: SANCTUARY, SCULPTURE, AND DISPLAY
  12. FOUR THE EARLY DYNASTIC LIFE OF SCULPTURE
  13. FIVE BECOMING TEMPLE SCULPTURE: THE ASMAR HOARD
  14. SIX GENDER AND IDENTITY IN EARLY DYNASTIC TEMPLE STATUES
  15. CONCLUSION: MATERIALITY, ABSTRACTION, AND EARLY DYNASTIC SCULPTURE
  16. NOTES
  17. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  18. INDEX

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