Glazed Brick Decoration in the Ancient Near East
Proceedings of a Workshop at the 11th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Munich) in April 2018
Edited by Anja Fügert Edited by Helen Gries
Paperback (Published)
(June 2020)
ISBN: 9781789696059
8.07 x 11.46 inches
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Glazed bricks applied as a new form of colourful and glossy architectural decor first started to appear in the early Iron Age on monumental buildings of the Ancient Near East. This volume provides an updated overview of the development of glazed bricks and scientific research on the topic.
Glazed bricks applied as a new form of colourful and glossy architectural decor first started to appear in the early Iron Age on monumental buildings of the Ancient Near East. It surely impressed the spectators then as it does the museum visitors today. Glazed Brick Decoration in the Ancient Near East comprises the proceedings of a workshop held at the 11th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) at Munich in April 2018, organised by the editors. Over the last decade excavations have supplied new evidence from glazed bricks that once decorated the facades of the Ancient Near East’s public buildings during the Iron Age (1000-539 BC) and especially significant progress has been achieved from revived work on glazed bricks excavated more than a century ago which today are kept in various museum collections worldwide. Since the latest summarising works on Ancient Near Eastern glazed architectural decors have been published several decades ago and in the meantime considerable insight into the subject has been gained, this volume aims to provide an updated overview of the development of glazed bricks and of the scientific research on the Iron Age glazes. Furthermore, it presents the on-going research on this topic and new insights into glazed bricks from Ashur, Nimrud, Khorsabad, and Babylon.
"Foreword and Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: 'I had baked bricks glazed in lapis lazuli color' ? A Brief History of Glazed Bricks in the Ancient Near East - Anja Fugert and Helen GriesParviz HolakooeiAnja Fugert and Helen GriesAriane ThomasManuela Lehmann and Nigel TallisOlof Pedersen ",
Foreword and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: ‘I had baked bricks glazed in lapis lazuli color’ ‒ A Brief History of Glazed Bricks in the Ancient Near East – Anja Fügert and Helen GriesF
Chapter 2: Scientific Research on the Iron Age Glazes from Iran and Iraq: Past and Future – Parviz Holakooeio
Chapter 3: The Reconstruction of the Glazed Brick Facades from Ashur in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin (GlAssur Project) – Anja Fügert and Helen Gries
Chapter 4: Glazed Bricks by the Dozens: A Khorsabad Jigsaw Reassembled at the Louvre – Ariane Thomase
Chapter 5: Glazed Tiles from Nimrud and the Visual Narrative of Esarhaddon’s Egyptian Campaign – Manuela Lehmann and Nigel Tallisw
Chapter 6: The Glazed Bricks that Ornamented Babylon ‒ A Short Overview – Olof Pederséno
Anja Fügert is the head of the editorial office of the Orient-Department of the German Archaeological Institute. Together with Helen Gries, she initiated and directs the project The Reconstruction of the Glazed Brick Facades from Ashur in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin (GlAssur).
Helen Gries is researcher and curator for Mesopotamia at the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin. Together with Anja Fügert, she directs the project The Reconstruction of the Glazed Brick Facades from Ashur in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin (GlAssur), which is funded by the German Research Foundation since 2018.
- Edited by Anja Fügert
- Edited by Helen Gries
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