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The birth of Greek art : the Mediterranean and the Near East / Ekrem Akurgal, translated [from the German] by Wayne Dynes.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Art of the World ; 26. | Art of the World (Methuen) ; 26.Publication details: London : Methuen, c1968.Description: 258 p. : illus. (some col.), map, plans. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0416918301
Uniform titles:
  • Orient und Okzident. English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N5345 A38 1968
Contents:
Foreword -- Part One. The Orient -- I. Neo-Assyrian Art -- System of Near Eastern art -- Archaic style -- Classical style -- Transitional style -- Plastic style -- Realistic style -- Assyrian Architecture -- II. Babylonian Art -- III. Aramaean Art -- IV. Neo-Hittite Art -- Architecture -- Neo-Hittite Sculpture -- Middle Neo-Hittite sculpture from Zincirli -- Middle Neo-Hittite sculpture from Carchemish -- Sculpture from Tell Halaf -- Late Neo-Hittite style --Aramaeanizing Hittite carvings -- Karatepe sculptures -- V. Phoenician and Syrian Art Region -- Phoenician art -- Syrian art centres -- VI. Early Greek Art and ıts connections with the Near East -- Near Eastern influence on Greek style Hittite influences -- Orientalizing style in Cyclades -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
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Translation of Orient und Okzident. Die Geburt der griechischen Kunst, Baden-Baden, Holle, 1966.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes to text" (p. 225-245)

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Part One. The Orient -- I. Neo-Assyrian Art -- System of Near Eastern art -- Archaic style -- Classical style -- Transitional style -- Plastic style -- Realistic style -- Assyrian Architecture -- II. Babylonian Art -- III. Aramaean Art -- IV. Neo-Hittite Art -- Architecture -- Neo-Hittite Sculpture -- Middle Neo-Hittite sculpture from Zincirli -- Middle Neo-Hittite sculpture from Carchemish -- Sculpture from Tell Halaf -- Late Neo-Hittite style --Aramaeanizing Hittite carvings -- Karatepe sculptures -- V. Phoenician and Syrian Art Region -- Phoenician art -- Syrian art centres -- VI. Early Greek Art and ıts connections with the Near East -- Near Eastern influence on Greek style Hittite influences -- Orientalizing style in Cyclades -- Epilogue -- Appendix.

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