The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia | 
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| Authors: Giovanni Curatola, Jean-daniel Forest, Nathalie Gallois, Carlo Lippolis, Roberta Venco Ricciardi
Publisher: Abbeville Press
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Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 9.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0789209217
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.35
EAN: 9780789209214
ASIN: 0789209217
Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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The artistic traditions of ancient Iraq, or Mesopotamia, are among the oldest in the world, for it was in this flat, fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that the world's first advanced civilization, that of the Sumerians, arose around 3000 BC. But the long history of Mesopotamian art was marked by change as much as continuity: the region was then as now a center of political conflict, and the Sumerians gave way to a succession of powers both foreign and indigenous, each of which left a cultural imprint. This volume's contributing authors, all art historians and archaeologists, provide accessible and lively overviews of the successive phases of this eventful artistic saga. The first two chapters cover the "classic" age of the great Mesopotamian city-states, from the pre-Sumerian Ubaid culture to Alexander's conquest of Babylon; the remains of this era range from the fabulous treasures of the royal cemeteries at Ur to the mighty ziggurats of Uruk and Babylon. The third chapter concerns the Greco-Mesopotamian art of the Hellenistic dynasty founded by Alexander's general Seleucus; the ruins of Seleucia, his capital on the Tigris, cover some 1,500 acres. The fourth chapter investigates the artistic contributions of the two Persian dynasties, the Parthian and the Sassanid, that dominated Mesopotamia from the first century BC to the seventh century AD and established the soaring iwan, or vaulted portico, as one of its typical architectural forms. The final chapter is devoted to the area's early Islamic period, during which the Abbasid caliphs (eighth to thirteenth century AD) brought architecture and the decorative arts to new heights at their capitals of Baghdad and Samarra.With these authoritative, up-to-date texts and no fewer than 464 fascinating illustrations, including a unique visual guide to Iraq's principal archaeological sites, The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia is an essential publication for anyone with an interest in the cultural heritage of the world.
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Beautifully Illustrated October 29, 2007
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"These beautifully made books illustrate the richness of ancient civilizations and their culture in ways that illuminate and educate."
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