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Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. xxiv, 540 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 8 to August 17, 2003. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This handsomely illustrated book highlights one of the most important and creative periods in the history of art: a time marked by the appearance of the city states of the Sumerians, the citadel of Troy, the splendid royal tombs at Ur, and the monumental cities at Mohenjodaro and Harappa. The volume examines the cultural achievements of these first urban societies, placing them in a historical context. Topics covered include the emergence of the first city states, the birth of written language, and trade and cultural interconnections between the ancient Near East and outlying areas. More than five hundred works of art, including sculpture, jewelry, vessels, weapons, cylinder seals, and tablets executed in a wide variety of materials such as stone, metal, clay, ivory, and semiprecious stones are included. The insightful texts are written by leading scholars in the field" - Publisher. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xix, 316 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. *** "The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the ancient Near East. The artifacts were taken to Paris through diplomatic agreement and became a centerpiece of the Louvre's great collection of Near Eastern antiquities. These works are rarely loaned, but a remarkable selection that includes many undisputed masterpieces, brought to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition, is presented in this comprehensive publication. Susa was settled about 4000 B.C. and has yielded striking pottery finds from that prehistoric period. A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian and Babylonian monarchs - for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin - are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East. Altogether, the exhibition presents more than two hundred objects found at Susa, produced over a period of about 3500 years. They come from all periods of the site's settlement, from it earliest history to its adornment as a major city of the opulent Achaemenid Persian empire. Eighteen French and American scholars have contributed essays to this volume on subjects that include the history of art in ancient Iran from prehistoric settlement through the Achaemenid period; the history of the excavations at Susa; the development of writing; seals and sealings; royal and religious structures at Susa; objects brought from Mesopotamia; brick decoration; popular art; and cuneiform texts. Recent results of ongoing research into the archaeology of Susa are discussed. Analyses of specific techniques are included as well as reports on the conservation of objects. Each work in the exhibition is illustrated and fully described, with references to relevant publications." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Philippe de Montebello; Preface and acknowledgments, by Prudence O. Harper and Annie Caubet; Susa in the ancient Near East, by Pierre Amiet, Nicole Chevalier, and Elizabeth Carter; The Cemetery of Susa, by Elizabeth Carter, Frank Hole, Zainab Bahrani, Agnes Spycket and Joan Aruz; Protoliterate Susa, by Elizabeth Carter, Holly Pittman, Agnes Benoit, Zainab Bahrani and Matthew W. Stolper; The old Elamite Period, by Elizabeth Carter, Zainab Bahrani, Beatrice Andre-Salvini, Annie Caubet, Francoise Tallon, Joan Aruz and Odile Deschesne; The Middle Elamite Period, by Elizabeth Carter, Suzanne Heim, Agnes Benoit, Joan Aruz, Francoise Tallon, Agnes Spycket, Annie Caubet, Loic Hurtel, Prudence O. Harper and Zainab Bahrani; The Mesopotamian presence, by Prudence O. Harper and Pierre Amiet; Popular art at Susa, by Agnes Spycket; The new Elamite Period, by Elizabeth Carter, Oscar White Muscarella, Matthew W. Stolper, Size: 4to. Collectible. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Book measures 28x23cm, 316pp, Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket with minor shelf ware. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.…

First 4to, cloth. xi+316 pp, 280 illustrations (76 in color), maps, chronology, bibliography. Exhibition November 17, 1992 - March 7, 1993. 0810964228 Fine in dj.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Plus Near Fine. Very Good Plus. Book measures 24x31.cm. xv, 303pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean and bright. A nice clean copy. Size: Quarto.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. ARUZ, JOAN - KIM BENZEL - JEAN M. EVANS (Edited by) Beyond Babylon: Art, trade, and diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. New York / New Haven / London: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2014. 4to., xxiv, 524 p., color ills. Original cloth binding. Dust wrapper. New ISBN: 9780300141436 CATALOG: Archaeology KEYWORDS: Archaeology Iraq Middle East Babylonia History of art Commerce Diplomacy This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean. Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout the eastern Mediterranean region and the resulting fusion of Near Eastern, Aegean, and Egyptian cultural styles. The impact of these far-flung connections is documented in the precious materials sent to royal and temple treasuries and, most dramatically, in objects discovered on merchant shipwrecks off the shores of southern Anatolia. The history of the period and the artistic creativity fostered by interaction among the powers of the ancient Near East, both great and small, are discussed by an international group of scholars in essays and entries on the more than 350 objects included in the exhibition, continuing the fascinating story begun in the landmark catalogue Art of the First Cities (2003). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 2014 , 360 pp Edited by Joan Aruz and Michael Seymour The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Photos with Artifacts in it Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London Soft Cover.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Edition originale. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 0810964228 Dust jacket condition: VG. Oversized. The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the ancient Near East. The artifacts were taken to Paris through diplomatic agreement and became a centerpiece of the Louvre's great collection of Near Eastern antiquities. These works are rarely loaned, but a remarkable selection that includes many undisputed masterpieces, brought to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition, is presented in this comprehensive publication. Susa was settled about 4000 B.C. and has yielded striking pottery finds from that prehistoric period. A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian and Babylonian monarchs-for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin-are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East. 336 pages. Your order ships by the next business day! Codice libro della libreria 0053773. The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre (ISBN: 0810964228 / 0-8109-6422-8) Harper, Prudence Oliver; Aruz, Joan Text in English Monografia Tipo documento Testo a stampa Titolo The royal city of Susa: ancient near Eastern treasures in the Louvre / edited by Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Françoise Tallon Pubblicazione New York : The Metropolitan museum of art, 1992 (Milan : Motta) Descrizione fisica XIX, 316 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Note generali Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a New York nel 1992-1993. Numeri [ISBN] 0870996517 Variante del titolo The royal city of Susa. -, Tit. sul dorso Nomi Harper, Prudence O. Aruz, Joan Tallon, Françoise Musée du Louvre scheda di autorità Soggetti Antichità elamite - Esposizioni - 1992-1993 Scavi archeologici - Susa - Sec. 20. - Esposizioni - 1992-1993 Parigi - Musée du Louvre - Cataloghi Size: 280 X240 MM. …

Couverture souple. Condizione: Neuf. Condizione sovraccoperta: Neuf. Edition originale. Ny: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, May 8 To August 17, 2003 Art of the First Cities: the Third Millennium B. C. From the Mediterranean to the Indus 2003. VG Highlights one of the most important and creative periods in the history of art: a time marked by the appearance of the city states of the Sumerians, the citadel of Troy, the splendid royal tombs at Ur, and the monumental cities at Mohenjodaro and Harappa. Topics include the emergence of the first city states, the birth of written language, and trade and cultural interconnections between the ancient Near East and outlying areas. Dark blue cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; xxiv, 540 pp.; 712 plates figures, and maps, 177 bw and 535 color.- language : english text Size: 310 x 240 mm.…