Mesopotamian art and architecture: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
General works on ancient Middle Eastern arts include Henri Frankfort, The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (1954, reissued 1995), a full critical study by an eminent scholar, now somewhat outdated; H.A. Groenewegen-Frankfort, Arrest and Movement: An Essay on Space and Time in the Representational Art of the Ancient Near East (1951, reprinted 1987), a detailed study of aesthetic values and symbolic abstractions; Seton Lloyd, The Art of the Ancient Near East (1961), a well-illustrated survey for the general reader; and Michael Roaf, Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (1990), fully illustrated with extensive text.
Studies of Mesopotamian arts include Anton Moortgat, The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia (1969; originally published in German, 1967); Andre Parrot, Nineveh and Babylon, trans. from French (1961), and Sumer (1960; originally published in French, 1960); Eva Strommenger and Max Hirmer, 5000 Years of the Art of Mesopotamia (1964; originally published in German, 1962); C. Leonard Woolley, The Development of Sumerian Art (1935; reprinted 1981), and Ur of the Chaldees, 2nd ed. (1950, reissued 1965); Joan Oates, Babylon, rev. ed. (1986); Pierre Amiet, Art of the Ancient Near East (1980; originally published in French, 1977); and A. Leo Oppenheim, Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization, rev. ed. completed by Erica Reiner (1977).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Boise State University - Introduction To Art - Mesopotamia. | Jun 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Art and Architecture. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Replaced media. | Oct 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Art. | Aug 30, 2019 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 28, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mesopotamian Art History. | May 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Oriental Institute - Mesopotamian Art. | May 20, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 08, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 02, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |