The world between empires : art and identity in the ancient Middle East / Blair Fowlkes-Childs and M...
The world between empires : art and identity in the ancient Middle East / Blair Fowlkes-Childs and M...
The world between empires : art and identity in the ancient Middle East / Blair Fowlkes-Childs and Michael Seymour.
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Publisher
New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]
Madrid, Spain : Brizzolis
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0504
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xix, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans, portraits ; 29 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Middle East between Rome and Parthia -- Southwestern Arabia -- Nabataea -- Judaea -- Tyre and Sidon -- Heliopolis-Baalbek -- Palmyra -- Dura-Europos -- Hatra, Ashur, and Northern Mesopotamia -- From Babylon to Ctesiphon -- Changing Times: the Rise of the Sasanians -- Destruction and Preservation...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]
Madrid, Spain : Brizzolis
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"'The World between Empires' presents a new perspective on the art and culture of the Middle East in the years 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, a time marked by the struggle for control by the Roman and Parthian Empires. For the first time, this book weaves together the cultural histories of the cities along the great incense and silk routes that connected south...
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Full title
The world between empires : art and identity in the ancient Middle East / Blair Fowlkes-Childs and Michael Seymour.
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"This catalogue is published in conjunction with 'The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East,' on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 18 through June 23, 2019"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0504
Record Identifier
74VKVxr3KbmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxr3KbmZ
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ISBN
1588396835
9781588396839
DDC
709.394
MMS ID
991024247809802626
