TY - BOOK ID - 78429344 TI - The lives of Sumerian sculpture : an archaeology of the early dynastic temple PY - 2012 SN - 1139793934 1139887521 1139084143 1139779583 1139783548 1139776541 1139782576 1283714647 1139778064 9781139782579 9781139776547 9781139084147 9781139779586 9781107017399 1107017394 9781139793933 9781139887526 9781139783545 9781283714648 9781139778060 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sculpture, Sumerian. KW - Figure sculpture KW - Temples KW - Archaeology and art. KW - Art and archaeology KW - Art KW - Architecture KW - Church architecture KW - Religious institutions KW - Human figure in art KW - Sculpture KW - Sumerian sculpture KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History KW - Religious architecture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78429344 AB - "This book examines the sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350 BC) of Sumer, a region corresponding to present-day southern Iraq. Featured almost exclusively in temple complexes, some 550 Early Dynastic stone statues of human figures carved in an abstract style have survived. Chronicling the intellectual history of ancient Near Eastern art history and archaeology at the intersection of sculpture and aesthetics, this book argues that the early modern reception of Sumer still influences ideas about these sculptures. Engaging also with the archaeology of the Early Dynastic temple, the book ultimately considers what a stone statue of a human figure has signified, both in modern times and in antiquity"-- ER -