6 résultats pour "lazuli"
- lapis-lazuli - géologie et géophysique.
- lapis o u lapis-lazuli.
- Outremer : couleur bleu azur obtenue par broyage d'une pierre, le lapis-lazuli.
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Mesopotamian Art and Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
Mesopotamian Art and Architecture, the arts and buildings of the ancient Middle Eastern civilizations that developed in the area (now Iraq) between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers from prehistory to the 6th century
BC.
arts. III EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD Figures from Tell AsmarCreated around 2700 bc, these stone figures are from the city of Tell Asmar in what today is Iraq. From the Temple ofAbu, the statuettes stood in watchful prayer with the wide, staring eyes often found in Sumerian sculpture. The figuresare in the Iraq Museum, Baghdād, Iraq.Art Resource, NY The first historical epoch of Sumerian dominance lasted from about 3000 BC until about 2340 BC. While earlier architectural traditions continued, a ne...
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Le fabuleux trésor de Tôd
désignera dès lors sous le nom de «trésor de Tôd ». La titulature d'Aménophis Il, fils de Sésostris et souverain de la XII • dynastie, est inscrite sur deux d'entre eux. Les coffres contiennent des trésors U ne fois vidés, les deux grands coffres, qui mesu rent 45 cm de long, 28,50 cm de large et 20,50 cm de haut, pèsent 37,5 kg. Les deux plus petits - 29,50 cm de long, 18,50 cm de large et 14 cm de haut) -, quan...
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Afghanistan - country.
D Climate Most of Afghanistan has a subarctic mountain climate with dry and cold winters, except for the lowlands, which have arid and semiarid climates. In the mountains and afew of the valleys bordering Pakistan, a fringe effect of the Indian monsoon, coming usually from the southeast, brings moist maritime tropical air in summer.Afghanistan has clearly defined seasons: Summers are hot and winters can be bitterly cold. Summer temperatures as high as 49°C (120°F) have been recorded in thenorth...