From Library Journal
This comprehensive catalog documents an exhibition, held this winter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of 195 rarely loaned Susa masterpieces from the Louvre's Near Eastern antiquities collection. Settled about 200 B.C., Susa lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great centers of the Mesopotamian culture. During the several thousand years of its history, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations. Introductory chapters on Susa, Iranian art, and the 19th-century French excavations are followed by item-by-item descriptions of objects ranging from prehistoric pottery to monumental sculpture, stelae, glazed brick friezes, intricate cylinder seals, and exquisite jewelry. Of broad appeal to archaeologists, art historians, and Near East specialists.
- Russell T. Clement, Brigham Young Univ. Lib., Provo, Ut.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Russell T. Clement, Brigham Young Univ. Lib., Provo, Ut.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
