The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC

The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 720
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ISBN-10 : 9781000034851
ISBN-13 : 1000034852
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Book Synopsis The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC by : Javier Álvarez-Mon

Download or read book The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC written by Javier Álvarez-Mon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Elam ca. 4200-525 BC offers a view of, and a critical reflection on, the art history of one of the world’s first and least-known civilizations, illuminating a significant chapter of our human past. Not unlike a gallery of historical paintings, this comprehensive treatment of the rich heritage of ancient Iran showcases a visual trail of the evolution of human society, with all its leaps and turns, from its origins in the earliest villages of southwest Iran at around 4200 BC to the rise of the Achaemenid Persian empire in ca. 525 BC. Richly illustrated in full colour with 1450 photographs, 190 line drawings, and digital reconstructions of hundreds of artefacts—some of which have never before been published—The Art of Elam goes beyond formal and thematic boundaries to emphasize the religious, political, and social contexts in which art was created and functioned. Such a magisterial study of Elamite art has never been written making The Art of Elam ca. 4200-525 BC a ground-breaking publication essential to all students of ancient art and to our current understanding of the civilizations of the ancient Near East.

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