The Art And Architecture Of The Ancient Orient
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Pages: Good
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Few civilisations have left behind a visual legacy as magnificent and enduring as those of the ancient Near East, and Henri Frankfort's The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient remains the definitive scholarly guide to this extraordinary world. This landmark work chronicles the artistic and architectural achievements of Mesopotamia, Persia, Anatolia, and the Levant — from the towering ziggurats of Sumer to the breathtaking relief sculptures of Persepolis — illuminating the visual cultures of civilisations that shaped the very foundations of human history. Frankfort, one of the twentieth century's foremost archaeologists and art historians, argues with meticulous authority that the art of the ancient Orient is not merely decorative but profoundly ideological, encoding religious, political, and cosmological meaning into every carved stone and painted surface. His prose is precise yet evocative, guiding the reader through millennia of artistic evolution with a clarity that few scholars have matched before or since. Published as part of the prestigious Pelican History of Art series, this volume stands as an essential reference for students, scholars, and anyone captivated by the question of how the earliest complex societies chose to represent — and thereby define — themselves.
Author: Henri Frankfort
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Remainder mark
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few civilisations have left behind a visual legacy as magnificent and enduring as those of the ancient Near East, and Henri Frankfort's The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient remains the definitive scholarly guide to this extraordinary world. This landmark work chronicles the artistic and architectural achievements of Mesopotamia, Persia, Anatolia, and the Levant — from the towering ziggurats of Sumer to the breathtaking relief sculptures of Persepolis — illuminating the visual cultures of civilisations that shaped the very foundations of human history. Frankfort, one of the twentieth century's foremost archaeologists and art historians, argues with meticulous authority that the art of the ancient Orient is not merely decorative but profoundly ideological, encoding religious, political, and cosmological meaning into every carved stone and painted surface. His prose is precise yet evocative, guiding the reader through millennia of artistic evolution with a clarity that few scholars have matched before or since. Published as part of the prestigious Pelican History of Art series, this volume stands as an essential reference for students, scholars, and anyone captivated by the question of how the earliest complex societies chose to represent — and thereby define — themselves.