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

1. Verfasser: Feldman, Marian H.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 278 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Ägypten
Aegyptus
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Story of international style
  • Images
  • Redefining the international style
  • Role of visual hybridity
  • Iconography and meaning
  • Questions of style and production
  • Objects
  • Materiality, luxury goods, and diplomatic gifts
  • Objects and crafting
  • International luxury goods in space and time
  • Materiality of greeting letters
  • Contexts
  • Contextualizing the international koiné
  • Representation and negotiation in between: Ugarit and the northern levant.