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Picturing the past : imaging and imagining the ancient Middle East / edited by Jack Green, Emily Teeter and John A. Larson ; with new photography by Anna Ressman.
Penn Museum Library CC101.M628 P53 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 34.
- Oriental institute museum publications ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Middle East--History--Exhibitions.
- Archaeology.
- Archaeology--Middle East--Methodology.
- Antiquities.
- Methodology.
- History.
- Middle East--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Antiquities--Pictorial works--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 30 cm.
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2012.
- Summary:
- Published to accompany a 2012 exhibition at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, this beautifully illustrated catalog features numerous essays as well as lengthy catalog entries that delve into the methods used for recording archaeological sites in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere, describing how these images were made, enhanced, and envisioned, and considering as well how the images influenced the perception of the ancient worlds they depicted. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Feb. 7-Sept. 2, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Picturing the past.
- ISBN:
- 9781885923899
- 1885923899
- OCLC:
- 783446777
- Publisher Number:
- 99948144827
- Online:
- Full text from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
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