Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

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Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art is written by Brian A. Brown and published by Walter de Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1614510350 (ISBN 10) and 9781614510352 (ISBN 13).

This volume assembles more than 30 articles focusing on the visual, material, and environmental arts of the Ancient Near East. Specific case studies range temporally from the fourth millennium up to the Hellenistic period and geographically from Iran to the eastern Mediterranean. Contributions apply innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to archaeological evidence and critically examine the historiography of the discipline itself. Not intended to be comprehensive, the volume instead captures a cross-section of the field of Ancient Near Eastern art history as its stands in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The volume will be of value to scholars working in the Ancient Near East as well as others interested in newer art historical and anthropological approaches to visual culture.