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Diplomacy by design : luxury arts and an "international style" in the ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE / Marian H. Feldman.

By: Feldman, Marian H
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2006.Description: xvi, 278 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0226240444 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780226240442Subject(s): Art, Ancient | Bronze age -- Middle East | Commerce, Prehistoric -- Middle East | Art -- ExpertisingDDC classification: 745/.0939/4 LOC classification: N5330 | .F45 2006
Contents:
Pt. 1. Images. Overview. Redefining the "international style" -- The role of visual hybridity -- Iconography and meaning -- Questions of style and production -- Pt. 2. Objects.Overview. Materiality, luxury goods, and diplomatic gifts -- Objects and crafting -- International luxury goods in space and time -- The materiality of greeting letters -- Pt. 3. Contexts. Overview. Contextualizing the international koiné -- Representation and negotiation in between : Ugarit and the northern levant.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Class number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item reservations
Book Book British Museum
Greece and Rome Shelves BAS3: FEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 24465
Book Book British Museum
Middle East Shelves GEN L FEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000022269
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.

Pt. 1. Images. Overview. Redefining the "international style" -- The role of visual hybridity -- Iconography and meaning -- Questions of style and production -- Pt. 2. Objects.Overview. Materiality, luxury goods, and diplomatic gifts -- Objects and crafting -- International luxury goods in space and time -- The materiality of greeting letters -- Pt. 3. Contexts. Overview. Contextualizing the international koiné -- Representation and negotiation in between : Ugarit and the northern levant.