Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient

Name: Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient
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ISBN: 9780300064704

ISBN-10: 0300064705

ISBN-13: 9780300064704

Edition: 5th 1996

Authors: Henri A. Frankfort, Michael Roaf, Donald Matthews, Donald Matthews, Donald Matthews

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Monumental architecture and sculpture appeared first in the Near East between 3500 and 3000 B.C. With a foreword and commentary by Michael Roaf and Donald Matthews this work traces the way art and architecture developed into the 2nd millenium B.C.

Book details

List price: $44.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/30/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 500
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Map of Ancient Near East



Mesopotamia



The Emergence of Sumerian Art: The Protoliterate Period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.)


Introduction


Architecture


Applied Sculpture and Relief


Sculpture in the Round


Commemorative Relief


Cylinder Seals



The Early Dynastic Period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.)


Introduction


Architecture


Sculpture in the Round


Engraving and Relief


Glyptic Art



The Akkadian Period (2340-2180 B.C.)



The Neo-Sumerian Period (2125-2025 B.C.) and the Period of Isin, Larsa, and Babylon (2025-1594 B.C.)


Lagash


The Third Dynasty of Ur


The Isin-Larsa Period


Hammurabi of Babylon



The Art of the Kassite Dynasty (circa 1600-1100 B.C.)



The Beginnings of Assyrian Art (circa 1350-1000 B.C.)



The Late Assyrian Period (circa 1000-612 B.C.)


Architecture


Sculpture in the Round


Relief and Painting


Applied Arts



The Neo-Babylonian Period (circa 612-539 B.C.)



The Peripheral Regions



Asia Minor and the Hittites


Introduction


Anatolia up to the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.


The Hittite Empire (circa 1400-1200 B.C.)


Architecture


Sculpture



The Levant in the Second Millennium B.C.


Introduction


Egyptian Predominance (2000-1800 B.C.) and Babylonian Penetration (1800-1700 B.C.)


The Mitannian Era (circa 1450-1360 B.C.)


The Hittite and Ramessid Era (1360-1150 B.C.)



Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria: North Syrian Art (850-650 B.C.)


Introduction


Architecture


Sculpture


Phoenician and Syrian Art


Ivories


Metalwork



The Art of Ancient Persia


Introduction


The Luristan Bronzes


Achaemenian Art


Introduction


Architecture


Sculpture


Notes


Bibliography


Supplementary Notes


Additional Bibliography and Abbreviations


List of Illustrations


Index