Beyond Babylon - Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millenium BC (Art History Ebook).pdf

Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hardcover: 548 pages
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; First Edition edition (December 22, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300141432
ISBN-13: 978-0300141436
Format: pdf
Pages: 554
Size: 119 MB

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.