Museums And The Ancient Middle East
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Museums And The Ancient Middle East
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Author : Geoff Emberling
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-09-06
Museums And The Ancient Middle East written by Geoff Emberling and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-06 with Social Science categories.
Museums and the Ancient Middle East is the first book to focus on contemporary exhibit practice in museums that present the ancient Middle East. Bringing together the latest thinking from a diverse and international group of leading curators, the book presents the views of those working in one particular community of practice: the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient Middle East. Drawing upon a remarkable group of case studies from many of the world’s leading museums, including the British Museum, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, this volume describes the tangible actions curators have taken to present a previously unseen side of the Middle East region and its history. Highlighting overlaps and distinctions between the practices of national, art, and university museums around the globe, the contributors to the volume are also able to offer a unique insight into the types of challenges and opportunities facing the twenty-first century curator. Museums and the Ancient Middle East should be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of museums and heritage, archaeology, the ancient Near East, Middle Eastern studies, and ancient history. The unique insights provided by curators active in the field ensure that the book should also be of great interest to museum practitioners around the globe.
Seeing History Anew
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Author : Joseph Greene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12
Seeing History Anew written by Joseph Greene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12 with categories.
The World Between Empires
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Author : Blair Fowlkes-Childs
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2019-03-18
The World Between Empires written by Blair Fowlkes-Childs and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-18 with Art categories.
The World between Empires presents a new perspective on the art and culture of the Middle East in the years 100 B.C.–A.D. 250, a time marked by the struggle for control by the Roman and Parthian Empires. For the first time, this book weaves together the cultural histories of the cities along the great incense and silk routes that connected southwestern Arabia, Nabataea, Judaea, Syria, and Mesopotamia. It captures the intricate web of influence and religious diversity that emerged in the Middle East through the exchange of goods and ideas. And for our current age, when several of the archaeological sites featured here—including Palmyra, Dura- Europos, and Hatra—have been subject to deliberate destruction and looting, it addresses the crucial subject of preserving what has been lost and contextualizes the significance of these works on a local and global scale. This essential volume features 186 objects of exceptional importance from Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Readers are taken on a fascinating journey that explores sites of intense political and religious struggles against Roman rule as well as important religious centers and military bulwarks of the Parthian Empire. Reaching across two millennia, The World between Empires brings vividly to life how individuals and cities in ancient times defined themselves, and how these factors continue to resonate today. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}
Journey To The City
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Author : Steve Tinney
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Release Date : 2019-05-17
Journey To The City written by Steve Tinney and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with Social Science categories.
The Penn Museum has a long and storied history of research and archaeological exploration in the ancient Middle East. This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. This edited volume includes chapters and integrated short, focused pieces from Museum curators and staff actively involved in the detailed planning of the new galleries. In addition to highlighting the most remarkable and interesting objects in the Museum's extraordinary Middle East collections, this volume illuminates the primary themes within these galleries (make, settle, connect, organize, and believe) and provides a larger context within which to understand them. The ancient Middle East is home to the first urban settlements in human history, dating to the fourth millennium BCE; therefore, tracing this move toward city life figures prominently in the book. The topic of urbanization, how it came about and how these early steps still impact our daily lives, is explored from regional and localized perspectives, bringing us from Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, and Nippur) to Islamic and Persianate cites (Rayy and Isfahan) and, finally, connecting back to life in modern Philadelphia. Through examination of topics such as landscape, resources, trade, religious belief and burial practices, daily life, and nomads, this very important human journey is investigated both broadly and with specific case studies.
Picturing The Past
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Author : Jack Green
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Release Date : 2012
Picturing The Past written by Jack Green and has been published by Oriental Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Archaeological illustration categories.
This fully illustrated catalogue of essays, descriptions, and commentary accompanies the Oriental Institute special exhibit Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imagining the Ancient Middle East (on exhibit February 7 through September 2, 2012). Picturing the Past presents paintings, architectural reconstructions, facsimiles, models, photographs, and computer-aided reconstructions that show how the architecture, sites, and artifacts of the ancient Middle East have been documented. It also examines how the publication of those images have shaped our perception of the ancient world, and how some of the more "imaginary" reconstructions have obscured our real understanding of the past. The exhibit and catalog also show how features of the ancient Middle East have been presented in different ways for different audiences, in some cases transforming a highly academic image into a widely recognized icon of the past.
Visible Language
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Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Release Date : 2010
Visible Language written by University of Chicago. Oriental Institute and has been published by Oriental Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Cuneiform writing categories.
This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.
Our Work
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Author : Jack Green (Museum curator)
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Release Date : 2013
Our Work written by Jack Green (Museum curator) and has been published by Oriental Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Middle East categories.
Our Work: Modern Jobs - Ancient Origins is the catalog for a photo-based exhibit that reveals that many modern professions originated in the ancient Middle East. Artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum were paired with a baker, farmer, manicurist, brewer, poet, boat builder, judge and other professionals to show the antiquity of these jobs. The portraits are accompanied by commentary on the contributions of the ancient Middle East to life today and new insights into how members of the public view their relationship to the past. This volume will be of interest to educators, historians, and those interested in fine-arts photography.
In Remembrance Of Me
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Author : Virginia Rimmer Herrmann
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Release Date : 2014
In Remembrance Of Me written by Virginia Rimmer Herrmann and has been published by Oriental Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Funeral rites and ceremonies categories.
This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalog looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey. Part I of the catalog presents the most comprehensive collection of scholarship yet published on the interpretation of the Katumuwa Stele, an illuminating new document of ancestor cult and beliefs about the soul. In Part II, leading scholars describe the relationship between the living and the dead in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant (Syria-Palestine), providing a valuable introduction to the family and mortuary religion of the ancient Middle East. The fifty-seven objects cataloged highlight the role of food and drink offerings and stone effigies in maintaining a place for the dead in family life.
Highlights Of The Collections Of The Oriental Institute Museum
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Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum
language : en
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Release Date : 2017
Highlights Of The Collections Of The Oriental Institute Museum written by University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum and has been published by Oriental Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Antiquities categories.
This guide to over 100 highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syria-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Persia, Nubia, and objects from the Islamic collection. It features all new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object, as well as a history of the collections and a concordance.
Egypt And The Ancient Near East
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1987
Egypt And The Ancient Near East written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Art categories.
From Neo-Assyrian winged lions of the 9th century BC to the stunning silver head of a 4th-century AD Sasanian king, this beautifully photographed book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the art of Egypt and the Near East through close examinations of 118 outstanding pieces, illustrated with large color plates. -- Provided by publisher.