Investigating Artistic Environments in the Ancient Near East

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The creation and production of the luxurious art of the ancient Near East – metalwork, sculpture, jewellery – have never been systematically explored. Within the absence of direct or detailed accounts of the organization and mechanics of artistic production, scholars have turned to various sources to research issues such as the role of the artisan Within the creation of artworks, his relation to patrons or clients of different social levels, and the educational and organization of artisans in workshops or other associations. The eleven papers on this volume, contributed by specialists in history, literature, art and archaeology, explore the environments wherein artworks in more than a few media were produced in Mesopotamia, Syria and Iran from the beginnings of writing around 3500 B.C. in the course of the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 331 B.C.

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