Frankfort, Henri,  1897-1954. <br/><br/>
The art and architecture of the ancient Orient / 
Henri Frankfort. 
 - Copyright 1956 Penguin Books Ltd., First published 1954, second (revised) impression 1958. 
 - Harmondsworth, Middlesex :  Penguin Books,  c1956. 
 - xxvi, 279 p. :  illus., 192 plates, fold. map. ;  27cm. 
 - The Pelican history of art ;  Z7. .
<br/><br/> Erratum slip mounted on p. xix. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270)  
<br/><br/>Part One. Mesopotamia -- 1. The emergence of Sumerian art : The protoliterate period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.) -- 2. The early dynastic period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.) --  3. The Akkadian period (2340-2180 B.C.) --  4. The Neo-Sumerian period (2125-2025 B.C.) and the period of Isin, Larsa, and Babylon (2025-1594 B.C.) -- 5. The art of the Kassite dynasty (circa 1600-1100 B.C.) --  6. The beginnings of Assyrian art (circa 1350-1000 B.C.) --  7. The late Assyrian period (circa 1000-612 B.C.) --  8. The Neo-Babylonian period (circa 612-539 B.C.) -- 9.  Asia Minor and the Hittites --  10. The levant in the second millennium B.C. -- 11. Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria : North Syrian art (850-650 B.C.) -- 12. The art of ancient Persia. 
<br/><br/> Traces the development of Mesopotamian art from Sumerian times to the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods. This text also covers the art and architecture of Asia Minor and the Hittites, of the Levant in the second millennium BC, of the Aramaeans and Phoenicians in Syria, and of Ancient Persia.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Ancient --Middle East.<br/>Architecture --Middle East.<br/>Architecture, Oriental.<br/>Art, Asian.<br/>Art --Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N7265  / F73 1956