Author: Aruz, Joan and Ronald Wallenfels
Title: Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. From the Mediterranean to the Indus
Description: New York / New Haven and London, Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2003. Softcover. Black glossy illustrated wraps. xxiv, 540 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 8 to August 17, 2003. 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. (from PR). VG-. Light wear to edges. Owner's writing inside front cover.
Keywords: European Art ; Ancient Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art
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Title: Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. From the Mediterranean to the Indus
Description: New York / New Haven and London, Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2003. Softcover. Black glossy illustrated wraps. xxiv, 540 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 8 to August 17, 2003. 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. (from PR). VG-. Light wear to edges. Owner's writing inside front cover.
Keywords: European Art ; Ancient Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 32187
- Book number: 32187
See more books from our catalog: European Art