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In this inviting picture book, Jean-Paul Barbier, world-renowned historian and founder of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, recounts the moving and glorious history of, among others, the people who built Babylon, the Benin Kingdom, the Pyramids of Egypt and the statues of Easter Island. Mankind, at every crossroads in its development, at every latitude and in every continent, has been continually confronted with challenges. Here, Barbier looks at the way these challenges were met, recounting a past in which the grandiose, the mysterious and the human are intertwined. For the first time, a single volume presents all of these "vanished civilizations" in a synthesis which plunges us deep into the worlds of the past. Through beautiful and lavish photographs, this book invites you to discover such mysteries as the world of the Etruscans, the art of the Celts, the Olmec and the dawn of Mexican art, the grandeur and decadence of the Maya, and the mystical North American Indians.
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- PublisherBrécourt Academic
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 2843232465
- ISBN 13 9782843232466
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 431 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. Summary:For the first time in a single volume, Jean Paul Barbier, a world-renowned historian, presents numerous "vanished civilizations" in a synthesis which plunges us deep into past worlds. Through beautiful and lavish photographs, Vanished Civilizations: From the Ancients to Easter Island invites you to discover such mysteries as the world of the Etruscans; the art of the Celts; the Olmec; and the dawn of Mexican art; the grandeur and decadence of the Maya; and the mystical North American Indians. Contents: Foreword The childhood of humanity The art of the Cyclades The Greek miracle, from the origins to the Archaic period Greece, from Pericles to Alexander In Italy before the Romans, the Etruscans The Iberians The art of the Celts Republican and Imperial Rome Our ancestors the Barbarians Immortal Egypt The Achaemenid Empire of Persia The Olmecs, the dawn of Mexican art The Maya, grandeur and decadence The Aztecs, children of the sun Splendors of pre-Hispanic Peru Ishi, the Californian Indian The North American Indians The mysteries of Nias Island Easter Island, beyond the mystery. Seller Inventory # PGMBM41
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