Syro-Palestinian art and architecture: References & Edit History
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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and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (1954, reissued 1995), a full critical study by an eminent scholar, now somewhat outdated; H.A. Groenewegen-Frankfort, Arrest and Movement: An Essay on Space and Time in the Representational Art of the Ancient Near East (1951, reprinted 1987), a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; and Seton Lloyd, The Art of the Ancient Near East (1961), a well-illustrated survey for the general reader. Also useful are William F. Albright, The Archaeology of Palestine (1949, reprinted 1961); and Kathleen M. Kenyon, Archaeology in the Holy Land, 4th ed. (1979, reissued 1985).
On the art of Syria and Palestine, Harvey Weiss (ed.), Ebla to Damascus: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Syria (1985); and Sabatino Moscati (ed.), The Phoenicians (1988; originally published in Italian, 1988), are well-illustrated, comprehensive works.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Deleted photograph. | Jun 07, 2017 | ||
| Invalidated site: The West Bank and East Jerusalem Archaeological Database Project. | Oct 13, 2015 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 02, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |