Description
This book introduces aspects of polychromies at Persepolis in Iran and their context in a modern historiography of Achaemenid Persian Art.
About the Author
Alexander Nagel is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Art History and Museum Professions Program at the State University of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. He is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, where he curated exhibitions on Iran, Iraq, Greece, Egypt, and Yemen.
Reviews
'Nagel's conceptualization of the topic of the use of color on the surfaces of architectural structures and rock reliefs is outstanding in that it is not limited in scope or method. It brings together archaeological evidence, scientific and technological analyses as well as the theoretical and ethical debates around each of them. He considers these along with historiographies of art history of the Ancient Near East, aspects of collecting antiquities in Western museums and the processes of subjecting them to cleaning and conserving in ways that were not always useful. This book is very timely now in that archaeology of the senses are gaining more attention, and materiality studies in both art history and archaeology are expanding.' Zainab Bahrani, Edith Porada Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Book Information
ISBN 9781009361293
Author Alexander Nagel
Format Hardback
Page Count 325
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 960g
Dimensions(mm) 261mm * 184mm * 22mm