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

Author/creator Feldman, Marian H.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvi, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
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Subjects

Contents Images -- Redefining the "international style" -- The 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 -- The materiality of greeting letters -- Contexts -- Contextualizing the international koiné -- Representation and negotiation in between: Ugarit and the northern levant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.
LCCN 2005003468
ISBN0226240444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226240442

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Joyner General Stacks N5330 .F45 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold