Ancient Art and Its Historiography

Klappentext This 2003 book explores the historiography of ancient Near Eastern and Classical art. Zusammenfassung This 2003 book treats the historiography of ancient Near Eastern and Classical art! examining the social! intellectual and institutional contexts that have shaped the way that the history of ancient art has been and continues to be written. It demonstrates how the study and interpretation of ancient art reflect contemporary ideas and practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction A. A. Donohue; 2. From whore to Hierodules: the historiographic invention of Mesopotamian female sex professionals Julia Assante; 3. Humanissima ars: evaluation and devaluation in Pliny, Vasari, and Baden Jacob Isager; 4. The fate of plate and other precious materials: towards a historiography of ancient Greek minor arts Kenneth Lapatin; 5. 'Der stil der nachahmer': a brief historiography of stylistic retrospection Mark D. Fullerton; 6. The Peplos and the Dorian Question Mireille M. Lee; 7. Mrs Arthur Strong, Morelli, and the Troopers of Cortés Mary Beard; 8. Jargon, authenticity, and the nature of cultural history writing: Not Out of Africa and the Black Athena debate Joanne Monteagle Stearns.

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• Authors: A. A. Donohue, A. A. (Bryn Mawr College Donohue, A. A. Fullerton Donohue
• Assisted by: A. A. Donohue (Editor), Donohue A. A. (Editor), Mark D. Fullerton (Editor), Fullerton Mark D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521292597
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29259-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of Art, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE