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.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[1st ed.].
Published/​Created
  • Chicago : The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2012
  • ©2012
Description
184 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 30 cm

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Library of Congress genre(s)
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Series
  • Oriental Institute Museum publications no. 34. [More in this series]
  • Oriental institute museum publications ; 34
Notes
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Feb. 7-Sept. 2, 2012.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184).
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction. Jack Green
  • 2.The Oriental Institute and Early Documentation in the Nile Valley. Emily Teeter
  • 3.The Epigraphic Survey and the "Chicago Method." W. Raymond Johnson
  • 4.The Sakkarah Expedition. Ann Macy Roth
  • 5.Photography and Documentation of the Middle East. Emily Teeter
  • 6.The Oriental Institute Photographic Archives. John A. Larson
  • 7.Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images. Scott Branting, Elise MacArthur, and Susan Penacho
  • 8.Facsimiles of Ancient Egyptian Paintings: The Work of Nina de Garis Davies, Amice Calverley, and Myrtle Broome. Nigel Strudwick
  • 9.Preserving the Past in Plaster. William H. Peck
  • 10.Drawing Reconstruction Images of Ancient Sites. Jean-Claude Golvin
  • 11.The Persepolis Paintings of Joseph Lindon Smith. Dennis O'Connor
  • 12.Three-Dimensional Digital Forensic Facial Reconstruction: The Case of Mummy Meresamun. Joshua Harker
  • 13.A Brief History of Virtual Heritage. Donald H. Sanders
  • Note continued: Catalog
  • The Epigraphic Process
  • Facsimiles
  • Architectural Renderings and Reconstructions
  • Reconstructing the Past from Fragments
  • Photography
  • Models and Copies
  • The Future of Documentation.
ISBN
  • 9781885923899 ((alk. paper))
  • 1885923899 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
2011945582
OCLC
783446777
RCP
H - O
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