Covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid Persian Empire around 330 BCE. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
A comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
Explores the history and religion of Nineveh, with information about Ishtar and other deities, art and architecture, and images of Nineveh in European art. Includes maps and color photographs. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
Surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations. Includes plans and black-and-white line drawings. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
Black and white photographs and line drawings of ornamental wall paintings produced in Assyria, from the thirteenth to the seventh centuries BCE. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
An overview of the history and culture of the Aramaean kingdoms of Syria from the 12th to the end of the 8th century B.C., with chapters on art and architecture. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
More than 30 articles focusing on the visual, material, and environmental art. A list of illustrations at the beginning provides helpful search terms to find the images. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).
Explores the tradition of representation Babylonian and Assyrian arts as a way to participate in the world and to have an effect upon it in natural, magical, and supernatural ways. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).