Ancient Near Eastern art in context : : studies in honor of Irene J. Winter / / by her students ; edited by Jack Cheng, Marian H. Feldman.

Through her published works and in the classroom, Irene J. Winter has served as a mentor for the latest generation of scholars of Mesopotamian visual culture. The various contributions to this volume in her honor represent a cross section of the state of scholarship today. Topics by the twenty autho...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East, v. 26
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 26.
Physical Description:1 online resource (540 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • Introduction / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • I. \'Seat Of Kingship/A Wonder To Behold\': Architectural Contexts / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • II. \'Idols Of The King\': Ritual Contexts / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • III. \'Legitimization Of Authority\': Ideological Contexts / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • IV. \'Sex, Rhetoric And The Public Monument\': Gendered Contexts / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • V. \'Opening The Eyes And Opening The Mouth\': Interdisciplinary Contexts / M. Feldman and J. Cheng
  • Index / M. Feldman and J. Cheng.