Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art
Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Author: Brian A. Brown

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-12-13

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 1614510350

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This volume assembles more than 30 articles focusing on the visual, material, and environmental arts of the Ancient Near East. Specific case studies range temporally from the fourth millennium up to the Hellenistic period and geographically from Iran to the eastern Mediterranean. Contributions apply innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to archaeological evidence and critically examine the historiography of the discipline itself. Not intended to be comprehensive, the volume instead captures a cross-section of the field of Ancient Near Eastern art history as its stands in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The volume will be of value to scholars working in the Ancient Near East as well as others interested in newer art historical and anthropological approaches to visual culture.

Ancient Cypriote Art in the T.N. Zintilis Collection
Ancient Cypriote Art in the T.N. Zintilis Collection

Author: Stella M. Lubsen-Admiraal

Publisher: Paul Astroms Forlag

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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"The Zintilis Collection was assembled over many years by a man with a passion for Cypriote archaeology - Mr. Thanos N. Zintilis. It is one of the largest private collections of ancient Cypriote art and few can rival its importance. This catalogue contains a detailed description, documentation and discussion of almost 1000 individual items. Contents include: Chronological Table and Abbreviations, Map of Cyprus with Sites Represented, Introduction to the T.N. Zintilis Collection, Summary of Main Categories: The Stone Objects, The Pottery, The Terracottas, The Metal Objects, The Jewellery, The Glass Objects, The Oil Lamps, Concordance Between Catalogue and Inventory Numbers, Bibliography, Plates."

The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art
The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art

Author: Vassos Karageorghis

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1588396258

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The Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This catalogue, which focuses on Cypriot terracottas, was originally published in 2004 as a CD-ROM, and is now available in a more accessible format. It contains nearly 500 works dating from between about 2000 B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. from one of the most expansive collections of Cypriot art in the world. Illustrations of each object are accompanied by a detailed catalogue entry, including a brief bibliography. In addition, fifteen commentaries make the catalogue a perfect introduction to Cypriot terracottas and the colorful world of ancient life and mythology.

Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity
Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity

Author: D. Michaelides

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2009-10-30

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 178297301X

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The international conference "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity" held in Nicosia in April 2003 filled an important gap in historical knowledge about Cyprus' relations with its neighbours. While the island's links with the Aegean and the Levant have been well documented and continue to be the subject of much archaeological attention, the exchanges between Cyprus and the Nile Valley are not as well known and have not before been comprehensively reviewed. They range in date from the mid third millennium B.C. to Late Antiquity and encompass every kind of interconnection, including political union. Their novelty lies in the marked differences between the ancient civilisations of Cyprus and Egypt, the distance between them geographically, which could be bridged only by ship, and the unusual ways they influenced each other's material and spiritual cultures. The papers delivered at the conference covered every aspect of the relationship, with special emphasis on the tangible evidence for the movement of goods, people and ideas between the two countries over a 3000 year period.

Ancient Art from Cyprus
Ancient Art from Cyprus

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0870999443

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"The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the richest and most varied representation, outside Cyprus, of Cypriot antiquities. These works were purchased by the newly established Museum in the mid-1870s from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola, a Civil War cavalry officer who had amassed the objects while serving as the American consul on Cyprus." "This catalogue is published on the occasion of the opening of the Museum's four permanent galleries for ancient art from Cyprus. It is also the first scholarly publication since 1914 devoted to the Cesnola Collection (which totals approximately six thousand objects). The volume features some five hundred pieces from the collection, illustrated in new color photography. Dating from about 2500 B.C. to about A.D. 300, these works rank among the finest examples of Cypriot art from the prehistoric, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Among the objects are monumental sculpture; weapons, tools, and domestic utensils; vases, lamps, and ritual paraphernalia; dedicatory figurines; engraved sealstones and jewelry; and luxury objects."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved