‎ANTONINI DE MAIGRET Sabina‎
‎SOUTH ARABIAN ART Art History in Pre-Islamic Yemen‎

‎Paris De Boccard Collection Orient & Méditerranée n° 10 2012 1vol. broché ( 16 x 24 cm ) ( poids = 400 g ) 207 pp. . Nombreuses illustrations en n. et bl. et en couleurs in et hors texte , dont 16 pages de planches : photos , cartes , reconstitutions .... Contient : Foreword , Prehistory , Ancien South Arabian Period ( 8th - 4th centuries BC ) The Caravan Kingdoms ; Middle South Arabian Period ( 4th century BC - 3rd century AD ) The Golden Age and the period of Fighting Kingdoms ; Recent South Arabian Period ( 3rd - 6th centuries AD ) The Empire of Himyar ; Afterword ; Selected bibliography ; Index of names ; Source of the figures ; Maps ; Table of contents . Broché à couverture imprimée et illustrée . Etat neuf . La figure 181 semble avoir été oubliée , un feuillet bl. avec seulement le titre courant au recto se trouve avant la figure 182 .‎

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‎" The ancient Kingdoms of South Arabia have been recognized as the cradle of civilization for the Arabian Peninsula and their contribution to the identity of Arabia cannot be underestimated . For the first time , this volume provides scholars and students a coherent synthesis of South Arabian art, from its origins , to its gradual development in a distinctive local art and , finally , to its decline with the advent of Islam. Each chapter provides a historical summary of the period, a review of representative art and a discussion of the distinctive character, stylistic and iconographic originality of South Arabian art , shaped by a creative interpretation of external influences.Since 1984 , Dr Sabina Antonini has participated in numerous archaeological excavations and surveys in Yemen with the Italian Archaeological Mission directed , from 1980 to 2010, by Prof. Alessandro de Maigret . Dr Antonini has actively pursued her research interests at important archaeological sites , including Yalâ , Tamna' , Barâqish and more recently , Ghaymân .Dr Antonini obtained a BA in Classical Archaeology at the University of Perugia and a PhD in Archaeology and Art History of the Near East at the University of Naples L'Orientale with a thesis on South Arabian sculptures . From 2002 to 2008 , she was an adjunct Professor at the University of Naples L'Orientale , where she taught a series of courses on South Arabian Antiquities .Dr Antonini is the author of a numerous monographs and articles on South Arabian Archaeology and Art History and is currently Director of the Italian Mission in Yemen . " ( quatrième de couverture . ) " Sabina Antonini de Maigret dal 2011 è responsabile della Missione archeologica italiana in Yemen (MAIRY) per Monumenta Orientalia (Roma). Dal 1984 al 2013 ha partecipato a scavi e prospezioni archeologiche in Yemen, e dal 2012 , come membro esterno del CNRS di Parigi , collabora con le Missioni archeologiche francesi in Arabia Saudita e in Etiopia . È inoltre autrice di diverse monografie e articoli sull'archeologia e la storia dell'arte sudarabica ". ( Istituto Veneto per i beni culturali ; 18 octobre 2016 ) ‎