TY  - GEN
AU  - Bahrani, Zainab
TI  - Mesopotamia : ancient art and architecture
SN  - 9780500519172
U1  - 722.51 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames and Hudson Ltd.
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Introduction : Becoming Art	8
Mesopotamia in Art History	8	
Influence on Artists	9
Innovation and Creativity in Mesopotamian Art	12   
The Approach of This Book	13
1.The Search for Origins:
Mesopotamia and the Cradle of Civilization	14
Early Interest in Mesopotamia	18	
Early Archaeology in Mesopotamia	22 
The Emergence of Art: Prehistoric Mesopotamia	28
2. Uruk: The Arts of Civilition	38
Architecture	42	
Sculpture	46	
Seals: The Mark of Identity	54
Writing: The Beginning of History	56	
Archaeology  and History : The Uruk Phenomenon	57 
Mythic   History	60
3. Early Dynastic Sumer:
Images for the People, Temples for the Gods	62
Sculpture: The Votive Image	66		
The Portrait as Text and Substitute Images	70 
Metalwork	76	
Architecture		78	
Architectural Ritual	82
4. Early Dynastic Sumer: Art for Eternity	84
The Art of Death: The Royal Cemetery of Ur	87	
The Mari Treasure	99 
Inventing the  Public  Monument	102	
Seals and Sea lings	105
5. Art of the Akkadian  Dynasty	110
Royal Monuments and Sovereign Power 	113	
Portraiture and Identity: The Royallmage	117 
Architecture	127	
Cylinder Seals	129
6. Gudea: Royal Portraits and the Lifespan of Images	134
The Emergence of Portraiture	137    
Statues and the Forms of Representation	140 
Images and Texts of the Lagash Dynasty	147   
The Function and Lifespan of Images	150
7. The Third Dynasty of Ur	154
Architecture	158	
Sculpture	162	
Regional Art	168	
Cylinder Seals	172

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