Искусство Древнего Востока

The book “Art of the Ancient East” by Veronika Afanasyeva, Vladimir Lukonin, and Natalia Pomerantseva, published in 1976 as part of the “Little History of Art” series, offers a comprehensive overview of the art of the Ancient Near East, including Mesopotamia (Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria), Iran (notably the Achaemenid period), and Egypt. The authors explore the development and stylistic evolution of art over approximately seven millennia, linking artistic changes to broader social, political, and cultural transformations. The book also examines the interactions between central civilizations and peripheral regions such as the Ancient Caucasus and Sudan.