Diplomacy by design: Luxury Arts and a "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE. Archéologie Jacques Réda takes us in

Jacques Réda takes us in search of a packet of Old Holborn in a Paris bathed in the colors of the Orient: a stroll through the 20th arrondissement of tobacconists once Auvergne and now Manchurian

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

reveals that plaster had been at the heart of artistic training since the 19th century

we feel a fraternity with the fears

Diplomacy by design: Luxury Arts and a "International Style" in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE. Archéologie Jacques Réda takes us inDuring 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