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- catalog abstract ""In the 6th century B.C., with no local tradition to guide them, the early kings of the Achaemenid Persian empire, Cyrus the Great and Darius, had to devise a new style of monumental architecture and sculpture with which to decorate their capital cities and express their mastery of the known world. In time Darius created a homogenous new style of Persian court art and architecture, derived from the practices of the peoples he now ruled over: Ionian Greeks, Lydians, Mesopotamians and Egyptians. In this book, John Boardman seeks to trace these sources."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Archaeological investigation of the genesis of Achaemenid art".
- catalog contributor b11786063.
- catalog coverage "Iran Antiquities.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In the 6th century B.C., with no local tradition to guide them, the early kings of the Achaemenid Persian empire, Cyrus the Great and Darius, had to devise a new style of monumental architecture and sculpture with which to decorate their capital cities and express their mastery of the known world. In time Darius created a homogenous new style of Persian court art and architecture, derived from the practices of the peoples he now ruled over: Ionian Greeks, Lydians, Mesopotamians and Egyptians. In this book, John Boardman seeks to trace these sources."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-250) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- The geography of the Persian Empire -- 1. Cyrus in Anatolia -- 2. Architecture -- 3. Sculpture -- 4. The monumental arts: genesis and function -- 5. Other arts -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- General index.".
- catalog extent "255 p. :".
- catalog identifier "050005102X".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson,".
- catalog spatial "Iran Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Iran.".
- catalog subject "Achaemenid dynasty, 559 B.C.-330 B.C.".
- catalog subject "Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B. C.".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Ancient Iran.".
- catalog subject "Art, Achaemenid Iran.".
- catalog subject "Art, Ancient Iran.".
- catalog subject "N5390 .B63 2000".
- catalog subject "Sculpture, Achaemenid.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- The geography of the Persian Empire -- 1. Cyrus in Anatolia -- 2. Architecture -- 3. Sculpture -- 4. The monumental arts: genesis and function -- 5. Other arts -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- General index.".
- catalog title "Archaeological investigation of the genesis of Achaemenid art".
- catalog title "Persia and the West : an archaeological investigation of the genesis of Achaemenid art : with 295 illustrations / John Boardman.".
- catalog type "text".