01985    a2200349   450000500170000000800420001702000220005903700360008104000070011704100080012407200150013207200150014707200160016207200150017807200140019307200140020707200140022107200140023507200150024907200160026407200210028007200210030107200210032207200210034307200270036410000250039124500340041625000060045026000320045630000100048852011370049820250526161923.0250430042024GB        221           eng    a9781032474618qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 43.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNKD2thema7 aNHC2thema7 a1QBA2bisac7 a1FB2bisac7 a3B2bisac7 aHDDK2bic7 aHDDC2bic7 aHDDA2bic7 aHBLA12bic7 a1QDA2bisac7 aEDU0290002bisac7 aEDU0290502bisac7 aHIS0020002bisac7 aSOC0030002bisac7 a700.935764090132bisac1 aJavier Álvarez-Mon10aArt of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20240311  a582 p  bThe Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC offers a view of, and a critical reflection on, the art history of one of the world’s first and least-known civilizations, illuminating a significant chapter of our human past. Not unlike a gallery of historical paintings, this comprehensive treatment of the rich heritage of ancient Iran showcases a visual trail of the evolution of human society, with all its leaps and turns, from its origins in the earliest villages of southwest Iran at around 4200 BC to the rise of the Achaemenid Persian empire in CA. 525 BC. Richly illustrated with 1,450 photographs, 190 line drawings, and digital reconstructions of hundreds of artefacts—some of which have never before been published— The Art of Elam goes beyond formal and thematic boundaries to emphasize the religious, political, and social contexts in which art was created and functioned. Such a magisterial study of Elamite art has never been written, making The Art of Elam CA. 4200-525 BC a ground-breaking publication essential to all students of ancient art and to our current understanding of the civilizations of the ancient Near East.