Prudence O Harper (47 results)

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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Tightly stapled binding, minor shelf wear to wraps. Clean and bright pages. Issue focusing on ancient Near Eastern art in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11.0" (28 cm) tall; 56 pages.

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Softcover. Maroon paper wraps, 93 pp., BW illus. A collection of six illustrated essays, assembled in honor of Charles Kyrle Wilkinson (1897-1986), long-time curator of Near Eastern art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Essays are: The Program of the Throneroom of Assurnasirpal II / Irene J. Winter ; Magic and Ritual in the Northwest Palace Reliefs / Barbara PArker Mallowan ; Balawat: Recent Excavations and a New Gate / Joan Oates ; Assyrian Palace Reliefs: Finished and Unfinished Business / Samuel M. Paley ; Hasanlu Horse Trappings and Assyrian Reliefs / Maude de Schauensee and Robert H. Dyson, Jr. ; Return to Kotah / Stuart Cary Welch. VG (Slightly aged overall, with pages tanning lightly.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the ancient Near East. The artifacts were taken to Paris through diplomatic agreement and became a centerpiece of the Louvre's great collection of Near Eastern antiquities. These works are rarely loaned, but a remarkable selection that includes many undisputed masterpieces, brought to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition, is presented in this comprehensive publication. Susa was settled about 4000 B.C. and has yielded striking pottery finds from that prehistoric period. A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian andBabylonian monarchs - for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin - are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East. Altogether, the exhibition presents more than two hundred objects found at Susa, produced over a period of about 3500 years. They come from all periods of Very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover with maroon cloth-bound boards and dust-jacket. Book itself is very good, with very minimal wear. Publisher's remainder mark to bottom of text-block. Dust-jacket is fair. Wear is minimal from front, but large chip (5cm~ x 5cm~) to top back of dust-jacket near hinge. No notes or highlights.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. (20)316pp. Indexed. Biblio. Concordance. 280 illustrations, of which 76 are in color. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Cloth. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 316 pp; 280 illustrations, 76 in color. From the reference library of the now-defunct Time Life Books, with library stamp and minor pencil markings on title. One signature removed for photographing, and neatly replaced with archival tape. Else a very good copy in bright dust jacket with 2 1" slits at bottom of spine.…

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Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Previous owner's name, upper board corners bumped. 315 pp.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xix, 316 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. *** "The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the ancient Near East. The artifacts were taken to Paris through diplomatic agreement and became a centerpiece of the Louvre's great collection of Near Eastern antiquities. These works are rarely loaned, but a remarkable selection that includes many undisputed masterpieces, brought to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for exhibition, is presented in this comprehensive publication. Susa was settled about 4000 B.C. and has yielded striking pottery finds from that prehistoric period. A rich production followed of objects for daily use, ritual, and luxury living, finely carved in various materials or fashioned of clay. Monumental sculpture was made in stone or bronze, and dramatic friezes were composed of brilliantly glazed bricks. Among the discoveries are tiny, intricately carved cylinder seals and splendid jewelry. Clay balls marked with symbols offer fascinating testimony to the very beginnings of writing; clay tablets from later periods bearing inscriptions in cuneiform record political history, literature, business transactions, and mathematical calculations. A very important group of finds from Susa is made up of objects brought back as booty from conquests in Mesopotamia. These works, many of them the royal monuments of Akkadian and Babylonian monarchs - for instance, the great stele of Naram-Sin - are among the best known of all objects from the ancient Near East. Altogether, the exhibition presents more than two hundred objects found at Susa, produced over a period of about 3500 years. They come from all periods of the site's settlement, from it earliest history to its adornment as a major city of the opulent Achaemenid Persian empire. Eighteen French and American scholars have contributed essays to this volume on subjects that include the history of art in ancient Iran from prehistoric settlement through the Achaemenid period; the history of the excavations at Susa; the development of writing; seals and sealings; royal and religious structures at Susa; objects brought from Mesopotamia; brick decoration; popular art; and cuneiform texts. Recent results of ongoing research into the archaeology of Susa are discussed. Analyses of specific techniques are included as well as reports on the conservation of objects. Each work in the exhibition is illustrated and fully described, with references to relevant publications." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Philippe de Montebello; Preface and acknowledgments, by Prudence O. Harper and Annie Caubet; Susa in the ancient Near East, by Pierre Amiet, Nicole Chevalier, and Elizabeth Carter; The Cemetery of Susa, by Elizabeth Carter, Frank Hole, Zainab Bahrani, Agnes Spycket and Joan Aruz; Protoliterate Susa, by Elizabeth Carter, Holly Pittman, Agnes Benoit, Zainab Bahrani and Matthew W. Stolper; The old Elamite Period, by Elizabeth Carter, Zainab Bahrani, Beatrice Andre-Salvini, Annie Caubet, Francoise Tallon, Joan Aruz and Odile Deschesne; The Middle Elamite Period, by Elizabeth Carter, Suzanne Heim, Agnes Benoit, Joan Aruz, Francoise Tallon, Agnes Spycket, Annie Caubet, Loic Hurtel, Prudence O. Harper and Zainab Bahrani; The Mesopotamian presence, by Prudence O. Harper and Pierre Amiet; Popular art at Susa, by Agnes Spycket; The new El. Collectible. …

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hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 280 illustrations, 76 in color. xix + 316 pages, 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1992). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Fine Condition. 316 pages 356 illustrations 76 in color. Second Printing, 1993. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello, Director. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY November 17, 1992-March 7, 1993. Chronology. Concordance. Bibliography. Book. …

paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized. PAPERBACK.

Condition: COME NUOVO. London, Thames and Hudson cm.22x28, pp.424 illustrato a colori. brossura con sopraccoperta figurata a colori. Dar Al Athar Al Aislamiyyah. the Al Sabah Collection Kuwait.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, 2nd printing. Hardback, d/j, 4to, xix,316pp, illust. D/j slightly bumped. A good copy in fair d/j. 0870996517/1.8us . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

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Condition: UsatoMoltoBuono. Ril. in tela con sovr., cm 28,5x22,5, pp 315, moltissime tavv. e ill. a col. e b/n. - ISBN: 9780810964228.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book measures 28x23cm, 316pp, Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket with minor shelf ware. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.…

First 4to, cloth. xi+316 pp, 280 illustrations (76 in color), maps, chronology, bibliography. Exhibition November 17, 1992 - March 7, 1993. 0810964228 Fine in dj.

Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. Copyright © 2004. 392 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Synopsis: From the fall of the Han dynasty at the turn of the third century to the eventual reunification of the country under the Sui at the turn of the seventh century, China experienced a tumultuous and fascinating political and cultural history. The political fragmentation that occurred between the dynasties and the massive migration of nomadic peoples into China resulted in contact with people from every part of Asia and the introduction of foreign ideas, religion, art forms, and motifs. Out of this grew the magnificent art of Tang China in the early eighth century. This book is the first comprehensive survey of Chinese art during this complex era. Lavishly illustrated and produced, the volume presents more than three hundred recent archaeological finds: including gold artefacts made by the nomadic peoples from Mongolia, luxury articles of glass and precious metals from Western and Central Asia, early Chinese Buddhist sculptures, and spectacular works in every medium from the Tang period. Essays by distinguished scholars provide a historical background, discuss the various media, and trace the changes in art styles over a period that saw a radical modification of Chinese civilization.In the great tradition of publications on Chinese art from the Metropolitan Museum, China: Dawn of a Golden Age will become an essential text for years to come.…