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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