Ann Gunter
Professor; Bertha and Max Dressler Professor in the Humanities

- a-gunter@northwestern.edu
- Kresge 4333
Ann C. Gunter's work addresses the visual and material cultural of the ancient Near East and its Eastern Mediterranean neighbors. Her primary research interests include artistic and cultural interaction between the Mediterranean and the Near East; the relationship between material culture and social and cultural identity; and the reception of ancient Greek and Near Eastern art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Among her recent publications are Greek Art and the Orient (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and contributions to Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art (De Gruyter, 2014) and A Companion to the Etruscans (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016). She is currently editing A Companion to the Art of the Ancient Near East (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).
Program Area: Ancient
Regional Specialization: Middle East and North Africa
Regional Interests: Ancient Art 1500 BCE to 500 BCE, cultural and artistic interaction between the Mediterranean and ancient Near East
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