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The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture - An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple

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The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture - An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple
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Bib. Number0022545

The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture - An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple

Book
Author/EditorEVANS Jean M.
PublisherCambridge University Press
Place PublishedNew York
Year
Date & Collationxii.278pp.Illus.Notes.Bibliography.Index.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationUniversity text book examining sculpture created during the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350BC). Moore is referred to in a chapter titled Art History, Ethnography and Beautiful Scultpure. 64 archaeologist, Frankfort, seeks to establish affinities between ancient and modern art. Moore is listed alongside Hepworth, Brancusi and Calder. 66-67 and 69 art historian, Wilenski, juxtaposes a Sumerian statue of Gudea with Moore's Mother and Child 1931 Burgundy stone, (LH100), with illustrations. Moore considered Sumerian sculpture to contain bull-like grandeur and held-in energy". 90 discusses the shifting aesthetics of museum display. Moore is quoted in reference to diplays in ethnographic ans natural history museums - "very fine small peices . . . exhibited in a crowded collection can eaily be overlooked". Hardback."