Beautifully illustrated with full-colour reproductions of ancient artworks, this is the only comprehensive survey in print that explores the art and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia.
Beautifully illustrated with full-colour reproductions of ancient artworks, this is the only comprehensive survey in print that explores the art and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia.
Zainab Bahrani is Edith Porada Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, New York. She is the author of numerous books, including The Infinite Image: Art, Time and the Aesthetic Dimension in Antiquity, winner of the Lionel Trilling Prize in 2015, and Rituals of War: The Body and Violence in Mesopotamia, winner of the American Historical Association¿s James Henry Breasted Prize.
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Introduction: Becoming Art The Search for Origins: Mesopotamia and the Cradle of Civilization Uruk: The Arts of Civilization Early Dynastic Sumer: Images for the People, Temples for the Gods Early Dynastic Sumer: Art for Eternity Art of the Akkadian Dynasty Gudea: Royal Portraits and the Lifespan of Images The Third Dynasty of Ur The Age of Hammurabi Kassite and Assyrian Art at the End of the Bronze Age Assyrian Art: Narrative and Empire Assyrian Art in Context Babylonian Art Achaemenid Persian Art Alexander in Babylon and Hellenism in Mesopotamia: Seleucid and Parthian Art Epilogue: The Past in the Present Glossary * Further Reading * Sources of Quotations * Acknowledgments * Sources of Illustrations * Index
Introduction: Becoming Art The Search for Origins: Mesopotamia and the Cradle of Civilization Uruk: The Arts of Civilization Early Dynastic Sumer: Images for the People, Temples for the Gods Early Dynastic Sumer: Art for Eternity Art of the Akkadian Dynasty Gudea: Royal Portraits and the Lifespan of Images The Third Dynasty of Ur The Age of Hammurabi Kassite and Assyrian Art at the End of the Bronze Age Assyrian Art: Narrative and Empire Assyrian Art in Context Babylonian Art Achaemenid Persian Art Alexander in Babylon and Hellenism in Mesopotamia: Seleucid and Parthian Art Epilogue: The Past in the Present Glossary * Further Reading * Sources of Quotations * Acknowledgments * Sources of Illustrations * Index
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