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Marian H. Feldman

Diplomacy by Design

Luxury Arts and an "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE

272 pages, 20 color plates, 71 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table  8-1/2 x 11  © 2005

Cloth $60.00

ISBN: 9780226240442   Published April 2006

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronological Chart
Introduction
PART I. IMAGES Overview
1. Redefining the "International Style"
2. The Role of Visual Hybridity
3. Iconography and Meaning
4. Questions of Style and Production
PART II. OBJECTS Overview
5. Materiality, Luxury Goods, and Diplomatic Gifts
6. Objects and Crafting
7. International Luxury Goods in Space and Time
8. The Materiality of Greeting Letters
PART III. CONTEXTS Overview
9. Contextualizing the International Koiné
1. Representation and Negotiation In Between
Ugarit and the Northern Levant
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • Chicago Book Clinic Honorable Mention
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