THE MONUMENTS OF AFGHANISTAN: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

BALL, Warwick

ISBN 10: 1850434360 / ISBN 13: 9781850434368

Edité par I.b. Tauris, London, 2008

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4to. pp xxiii, [ii], 298. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's blue boards lettered in gilt at spine. Illustrated in colour throughout.ISBN: 9781850434368 Very good, clean and unmarked throughout. A little bumped at top corners of boards with some light shelfwear at edges. In very good dust jacket, with some light rubbing at top of spine. N° de réf. du vendeur C63538

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Titre : THE MONUMENTS OF AFGHANISTAN: HISTORY, ...

Éditeur : I.b. Tauris, London

Date d'édition : 2008

Reliure : Couverture rigide

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Synopsis :

Monuments of Afghanistan Providing a general summary of the culture, history and architecture of the country, this guide features a gazetteer of the main monuments and archaeological sites. Full description

Revue de presse:

'Afghanistan is not just an Asian state that has suddenly hit the news. Since remote antiquity it has been a cradle and cross-roads of many civilisations of the Old World. No one knows the region better than Warwick Ball, who has long travelled, studied and excavated there. His account of the country, its history and monuments, is as dramatic as the land itself, and makes compulsive reading. The book is also a visual feast, given the stunning photographs - largely the author's own - which augment the text (though this is not just another picture book). The land has, over millennia, focussed the attention of Great Powers (Persians, Greeks, British and Russians in the Great Game) and religions, but in the end it transcends them all. Ball brings Afghanistan to us as brilliantly and sympathetically as it deserves.' --- Sir John Boardman, Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

'There is no-one better equipped than Warwick Ball to chart the monuments and sites of Afghanistan. Not only does he offer his readers a trustworthy and scholarly account, but his already authoritative text is richly augmented by superb colour photographs. Ball covers the entire country and poignantly reveals many sites that have now vanished or been destroyed. The Monuments of Afghanistan is a complete survey of this remarkable land and its legacy. It will delight scholars while also making a sumptious addition to the library of the generalist.' --- Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian, Harvard University

'I recommend this book heartily. Warwick Ball knows Afghanistan better than anyone else I know; he writes well, accessibly and accurately.' - --Professor Georgina Herrmann, Professor Emerita in Western Asiatic Archaeology, University College London

'There is no-one better equipped than Warwick Ball to chart the monuments and sites of Afghanistan. Not only does he offer his readers a trustworthy and scholarly account, but his already authoritative text is richly augmented by superb colour photographs. Ball covers the entire country and poignantly reveals many sites that have now vanished or been destroyed. The Monuments of Afghanistan is a complete survey of this remarkable land and its legacy. It will delight scholars while also making a sumptious addition to the library of the generalist.' --- Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian, Harvard University

'I recommend this book heartily. Warwick Ball knows Afghanistan better than anyone else I know; he writes well, accessibly and accurately.' --- Professor Georgina Herrmann, Professor Emerita in Western Asiatic Archaeology, University College London