James Fraser

Gebundenes Buch

Luxury and Power

Persia to Greece

Beschreibung

An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE.

Autor

James Fraser is Curator: Ancient Levant and Anatolia, Department of the Middle East, British Museum and Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff University and Director of the Ancient Iran Program for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (2022). Henry Bishop-Wright is Project Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 195mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1074g
• ISBN-13: 9780714111964
• ISBN-10: 0714111961
• Artikelnr.: 65339221