Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Subtitle: 66 masterpieces.
Publisher: Scala Publishers; In association with Ernst Wasmuth Verlag
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Pergamonmuseum (Berlin, Germany) -- Catalogs.; Art -- Germany -- Berlin -- Catalogs.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "This illustrated volume highlights some of the most spectacular items in the collection at the Pergamon Museum. The Museum of the Ancient Near East ranks alongside the Louvre and the British Museum as one of the world's leading collections of ancient masterpieces. Included here are some of the most famous monuments of Babylon, including the Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate. The art of the Hellenistic city of Pergamon is represented by the famous Pergamon Altar, with its 120-metre frieze, while the Gate of Miletus is an outstanding example of Roman architecture. The Altes Museum contains further examples of Greek and Roman art and sculpture, while the Museum of Islamic Art, situated in the south wing of the Pergamon Museum, focuses on the Middle East, in particular Egypt and Iran, and includes architectural decoration such as the Mshatto Facade, applied arts and crafts, jewellery, and rare illuminated and calligraphic manuscripts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.