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Title: Masters of Fire
Condition: New
Subtitle: Copper Age Art from Israel
ISBN-10: 0691162867
EAN: 9780691162867
ISBN: 9780691162867
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 04/03/2014
Description: The catalogue for the exciting exhibition at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Masters of Fire presents a comprehensive overview of the little-known yet extraordinary Chalcolithic culture, which existed in the southern Levant from 4500-3600 bce. Masters of Fire focuses on the people of the southern Levant who harnessed the power of metallurgy during the fourth millennium bce. Artisans produced extraordinary copper objects while other craftsmen molded pottery and stone into complex anthropomorphic burial containers, statuettes, and ritual objects. Taken together, these artifacts reveal the first stratified culture known in the ancient Near East. Highlights of the exhibition include a selection of material from the Nahal Mishmar hoard, an unprecedented collection of copper prestige and ritual objects, organic materials from the Cave of the Warrior, and an exceptional group of ritual figurines. Contributors include Thomas E. Levy, Daniel M. Master, Osnat Misch-Brandl, Yorke M. Rowan, Michael Sebbane, Dina Shalem, and Orit Shamir. Cover photograph (c) Bruce M. White, 2016
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 292mm
Item Length: 216mm
Item Weight: 1219g
Contributor: Michael Sebbane (Edited by), Osnat Misch-Brandl (Edited by), Daniel M. Master (Edited by)
Genre: Arts & Photography
Book Series: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Catalogs
Author: Michael Sebbane
Release Year: 2014

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