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Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture

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Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture
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Bib. Number0023464

Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture

Book
Author/EditorBAHRANI Zainab
PublisherThames and Hudson
Place PublishedU.K
Year
Date & Collation376pp.Illus.Epilogue.Glossary.Further Reading.Sources of Quotations.Acknowledgements.Sources of illustrations.Index.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationA survey of the art and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam in 636 with 414 illus.Page 9 shows Moore's Girl with Clasped Hands 1930 Cumberland alabaster (LH 93) with a complementary textual reference to the inspiration Moore found in ancient near Eastern art and his consideration that Sumerian sculpture is among the best achievements of art in the World's history together with reference to Moore's essay on the subject in The Listener magazine 1935. Page 10 continues with passing mention of Moore in the context of his contemporary Giacometti's interest in Sumerian sculpture.