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Mesopotamia - Ancient Art and Architecture (Hardcover)
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Mesopotamia - Ancient Art and Architecture (Hardcover)
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This book is the first in ten years to present a comprehensive
survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq,
northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 BCE to the arrival
of Islam in 636 CE. The book is richly illustrated with c. 400
full-colour photographs, and maps and time charts that guide
readers through the chronology and geography of this part of the
ancient Near East. The book addresses such essential art historical
themes as the origins of narrative representation, the first
emergence of historical public monuments and the earliest aesthetic
commentaries. It explains how images and monuments were made and
how they were viewed. It also traces the ancient practices of
collecting and conservation and rituals of animating statues and of
architectural construction. Accessible to students and
non-specialists, the book expands the scope of standard surveys to
cover art and architecture from the prehistoric to the Roman era,
including the legendary cities of Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Hatra and
Seleucia on the Tigris.
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