An edition of The art and architecture of the ancient Orient
(1955)
The art and architecture of the ancient Orient
4th rev. impression.
by Henri Frankfort
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Part one: Mesopotamia. Part two: The peripheral regions: Asia minor and the Hittites, The Levant in the second millenium B.C., Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria, The art of ancient Persia.
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Table of Contents
Part One. Mesopotamia. 1. 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
2. The early dynastic period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.)
Architecture
Sculpture in the round
Engraving and relief
Glyptic art
3. 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
5. The art of the Kassite Dynasty (circa 1600-1100 B.C.)
6. The beginnings of Assyrian art (circa 1350-1000 B.C.)
7. The late Assyrian Period (circa 1000-612 B.C.)
Architecture
Sculpture in the round
Relief and painting
Applied arts
8. The Neo-Babylonian period (circa 612-539 B.C.)
Part Two. The peripheral regions. 9. 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
10. 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.)
11. Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria : North Syrian art (850-650 B.C.)
Architecture
Sculpture
Phoenician and Syrian art
Ivories
Metal-work
12. The art of Ancient Persia
The Luristan bronzes
Achaemenian art
Architecture
Sculpture.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and index.
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