Diplomacy by design: Luxury Arts and a "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE. Archéologie owed part of its growth

owed part of its growth to the emergence of the European Romantic movement

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Lyonel Feininger

The book delves into the pictorial work and the artistic and spiritual universe of Fabienne Verdier

Diplomacy by design: Luxury Arts and a "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE. Archéologie owed part of its growthDuring the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BCE, the kings of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and Hatti participated in a complex international community. These two hundred years also witnessed the production of luxurious artworks made of gold, ivory, alabaster, and faience objects that helped to foster good relations among the kingdoms. In fact, as Marian H. Feldman makes clear here, art and international relations during the Late Bronze Age formed an