A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Ann C. Gunter, PhD, is Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. She is also the former curator of ancient Near Eastern art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, where she organized numerous exhibitions.

Notes on Contributors ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xviiAbbreviations xix1 The "Art" of the "Ancient Near East" 1Ann C. GunterPART I Approaches and Methods of Analysis and Interpretation 232 Art and Material Culture 25David Wengrow3 Meaning and Interpretation 49Astrid Nunn4 Style 75Margaret Cool Root5 Connoisseurship and Classification 103Eleonora Pappalardo6 Visual Culture 129Sarah B. Graff7 Technical Examination and Material Analysis 153Deborah Schorsch8 Gender and Sexuality 179John D. M. Green9 Semiotics, Reception Theory, and Poststructuralism 209Marlies HeinzPART II Critical Terms and Concepts 23110 Representation 233Dominik Bonatz and Marlies Heinz11 Narrative 261Paul Collins12 Ideology 283Beate Pongratz-Leisten13 Ritual 309Carolyn Nakamura14 Agency 333Sophy Downes15 Aesthetics 359Gebhard J. SelzPART III Materials, Media, and Artistic Environments 38316 Statuary and Reliefs 385Claudia E. Suter17 Glyptic 411Adelheid Otto18 Religious Architecture 433Jean M. Evans19 Palaces and Elite Houses 457Andreas Schachner20 Rock Reliefs and Landscape Monuments 483Ömür Harmansa' h21 Reconstructing Artistic Environments 507Mehmet-Ali AtaçPART IV Interactions with Neighboring Regions and Artistic Traditions 53122 The Ancient Near East and Egypt 533Betsy M. Bryan23 The Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean 565Marian H. Feldman24 Near Eastern Art in the Iron Age Mediterranean 585James WhitleyPART V Intersections with Archaeology, Collecting, and Cultural Heritage 61325 Archaeology and the Art of the Ancient Near East 615D. T. Potts26 Cultural Heritage across the Middle East, Ancient and Modern 637Geoff Emberling and Katharyn HansonIndex 661