The art and architecture of the ancient Orient /
Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954,
The art and architecture of the ancient Orient / Henri Frankfort. - 456 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Yale University Press Pelican history of art . - Yale University Press Pelican history of art. .
Originally published: Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penguin Books, 1970, in series: The Pelican history of art ; PZ7).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-436) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Map of Ancient Near East -- Mesopotamia -- The Emergence of Sumerian Art: The Protoliterate Period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.) -- Architecture -- Applied Sculpture and Relief -- Sculpture in the Round -- Commemorative Relief -- Cylinder Seals -- The Early Dynastic Period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.) -- 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 -- 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. -- 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.) -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Phoenician and Syrian Art -- Ivories -- Metalwork -- The Art of Ancient Persia -- The Luristan Bronzes -- Achaemenian Art -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Supplementary Notes -- Additional Bibliography and Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 2. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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Art, Ancient--Middle East
Art--Middle East
Architecture, Ancient--Middle East
Architecture--History--Middle East
N5345 / .F7 1996
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The art and architecture of the ancient Orient / Henri Frankfort. - 456 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Yale University Press Pelican history of art . - Yale University Press Pelican history of art. .
Originally published: Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penguin Books, 1970, in series: The Pelican history of art ; PZ7).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-436) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Map of Ancient Near East -- Mesopotamia -- The Emergence of Sumerian Art: The Protoliterate Period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.) -- Architecture -- Applied Sculpture and Relief -- Sculpture in the Round -- Commemorative Relief -- Cylinder Seals -- The Early Dynastic Period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.) -- 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 -- 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. -- 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.) -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Phoenician and Syrian Art -- Ivories -- Metalwork -- The Art of Ancient Persia -- The Luristan Bronzes -- Achaemenian Art -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Supplementary Notes -- Additional Bibliography and Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 2. 9. 10. 11. 12.
0300053312 9780300053319 0300064705 9780300064704
95015893
Art, Ancient--Middle East
Art--Middle East
Architecture, Ancient--Middle East
Architecture--History--Middle East
N5345 / .F7 1996
709.3