Main entry:

Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954.

Title & Author:

The art and architecture of the ancient Orient / Henri Frankfort.

Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Penguin Books, [1955]

Description:

xxvi, 279 pages, 192 plates : illustrations, folded map ; 27 cm.

Series:

The Pelican history of art, Z7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
The Emergence of Sumerian art: the protoliterate period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.) -- The Akkadian period (2340-2180 B.C.) -- The Neo-Sumerian period (2125-2025 B.C.) and the period of Isin, Larsa, and Babylon (2025-1594 B.C.) -- The art of the Kassite dynasty (circa 1600-1100 B.C.) -- The beginnings of Assyrian art (circa 1350-1000 B.C.) -- The late Assyrian period (circa 1000-612 B.C.) -- The Neo-Babylonian period (circa 612-539 B.C.) -- Asia minor and the Hitties -- The Levant in the second millennium B.C. -- Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria: North Syrian art (850-650 B.C.) -- The art of ancient Persia.

Summary:

Part one: Mesopotamia. Part two: The peripheral regions: Asia minor and the Hittites, The Levant in the second millenium B.C., Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria, The art of ancient Persia.

Subject:

Art, Asian.
Architecture, Asian.
Art asiatique.
Architecture orientale.

Added entries:

Pelican history of art ; Z7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 183794
Call No.: ID 7756 N7260.F7; ID:86-B15502
Status: Available