Ancient Near Eastern Art Books
A Select Bibliography: From Mesopotamia to the Caucasus Mountains
Ancient art and its archaeological record from the Levant to the Caucasus Mountains are covered by the scholarly publications in this select bibliography.
The art and civilizations of the ancient Near East continue to inspire extensive research and the publication of quality color-illustrated studies. Suitable for students, scholars and enthusiasts, many are exhibition catalogues authored by world-renowned museum curators, art historians and archaeologists. Most are available in bookstores and through Internet retailers.
General:
- Ancient Near Eastern Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.
- Roberts, J.M. Prehistory and the First Civilizations. Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1998, 76-99.
- Von Bothmer, Dietrich (ed.), et al. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, 27-84.
Sumer and Its Neighbors:
- Aruz, Joan with Ronald Wallenfels (eds.), et. al. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003.
- Fortin, Michel. Syria: Land of Civilizations (exh. cat.). Québec: Musée de la civilisation de Québec, 1999.
- Harper, Prudence O, Joan Aruz and Françoise Tallon (eds.), et al. The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.
- Zettler, Richard L. and Lee Horne (eds.), et al. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur (exh. cat.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998.
Assyria:
- Crawford, Vaughn E., Prudence O. Harper and Holly Pittman. Assyrian Reliefs and Ivories in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
- Curtis. J.E. and J.E. Reade (eds.), et al. Art and Empire: Assyrian Treasures from the British Museum (exh. cat.). London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1995.
- Harper, Prudence O., Evelyn Klengel-Brandt, Joan Aruz and Kim Benzel (eds.). Assyrian Origins: Discoveries at Ashur on the Tigris (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995.
Persia and Sassasian Iran:
- Curtis, John E. Curtis and Nigel Tallis (eds.), et al. Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia (exh. cat.). London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 2005.
- Demange, Françoise. Glass, Gilding & Grand Design: Art of Sassanian Iran (224-642) (exh. cat.). New York: Asia Society, 2007.
Eurasia:
- Aruz, Joan, Ann Farkus, Andrei Alekseev and Elena Korolkova (eds.), et al. The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.
- _____, Ann Farkas and Elisebetta Valtz Fino (eds.), et al. The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Perspectives on the Steppe Nomads of the Ancient World. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.
- Chang. Claudia and Katherine S. Gunoff (eds.). et al. Of Gold and Grass: Nomads of Kazakstan (exh. cat.). Bethesda, 2006.
- Kacharava, Darejan and Guram Kvirkvelia, et al. Wine, Worship, and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani (exh. cat.). New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2008.
- Marazov, Ivan (ed.), et al. Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians (exh. cat.). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
- Reeder, Ellen D., et al. Scythian Gold: Treasures from Ancient Ukraine (exh. cat.). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000.
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