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Article: The Formation of Nabatean Art: Prohibition of a Graven Image Among the Nabateans.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- October 1, 1994
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This slender volume is a thorough, well-documented, rich study of Nabatean art viewed against the background of conflicting native and foreign cultural forces which influenced it. three three central thrusts of the book are: 1) an attempt to provide a unifying, aniconic principle which, for the author, is the single most important characteristic of Nabatean art (p. 165 and throughout); 2) a serious attempt to define the cultural borders of Nabatea (pp. 40ff.), to provide a framework for intelligent discussion of the characteristics of Nabatean art; and 3) a successful attempt to distinguish between native strains and those which reflect Hellenistic-Roman impact.
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