| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
International encyclopedia of art |
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International encyclopedia of art.
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| Note |
"A Mirabel book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index. |
| Contents |
Mesopotamian art: the first cities -- Mesopotamian art: power of the gods -- Mesopotamian art: image of the king -- Egyptian art: art of the old kingdom -- Egyptian art: art of the middle kingdon -- Egyptian art: art of the new kingdom -- Art of ancient Crete: Minoan palaces -- The art of Mycenean Greece: Aegean warriors - Assyrian art: the palace of the king -- Assyrian art: images of domination -- Babylonian art: the city of Nebuchadnezzar -- The art of Achaemenid Persia: a cosmopoitan empire -- Greek sculpture: the quest for reality. |
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Greek art: unity and rivalry in art -- Greek art: vases, familiar images -- Greek art: Athens supreme, the Parthenon -- Greek art: art and death -- The art of Hellenistic Greece: the Greek world expands -- The art of Phoenicia and Carthage: maritime empire -- The Etruscans: Italian art before the Romans -- Roman art: the presence of Imperial Rome -- Roman art: Roman splendor -- Roman art: Roman faces -- Early Islamic art: art and faith -- Early Islamic art: caliphs and merchants, the secular art of Islam. |
| Subject |
Art, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region.
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Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
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| ISBN |
0816033315 |
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