书名：Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel / 火之大师：以色列铜器时代艺术
作者：Michael Sebbane, Osnat Misch-Brandl, Daniel M. Master (编辑)；Thomas E. Levy 等撰稿
出版社：Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University (与普林斯顿大学出版社合作出版)，2014年
装帧：精装，183页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 21.6*29.2 cm (8.5 x 11.5 英寸)
ISBN：978-0-6911-6286-7

简介

本书是纽约大学古代世界研究所（ISAW）2014年同名展览的配套图录，全面呈现了黎凡特南部公元前4500–3600年铜石并用时代（Chalcolithic）鲜为人知却非凡的文化。展览展出了157件来自以色列文物局和耶路撒冷以色列博物馆的珍贵文物，是此类铜器时代文物在以色列境外最完整的展出。

本书聚焦于公元前四千纪掌握冶金技术的黎凡特南部先民。工匠们制作了非凡的铜器，同时其他匠人将陶器和石材塑造成复杂的人形葬具、小雕像和仪式器物。这些文物共同揭示了古代近东已知的第一个分层社会。展览亮点包括：纳哈尔·米什马尔宝库（Nahal Mishmar hoard）中史无前例的铜制礼器与仪式器物、勇士洞穴（Cave of the Warrior）出土的有机材料，以及一组卓越的仪式小雕像。

本书配有多幅彩色插图，撰稿人包括Thomas E. Levy、Daniel M. Master、Osnat Misch-Brandl、Yorke M. Rowan、Michael Sebbane、Dina Shalem和Orit Shamir。

This catalogue for the exhibition at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the little-known yet extraordinary Chalcolithic culture, which existed in the southern Levant from 4500–3600 BCE. Masters of Fire focuses on the people of the southern Levant who harnessed the power of metallurgy during the fourth millennium BCE. Artisans produced extraordinary copper objects while other craftsmen molded pottery and stone into complex anthropomorphic burial containers, statuettes, and ritual objects. Taken together, these artifacts reveal the first stratified culture known in the ancient Near East. Highlights of the exhibition include a selection of material from the Nahal Mishmar hoard, an unprecedented collection of copper prestige and ritual objects, organic materials from the Cave of the Warrior, and an exceptional group of ritual figurines. Contributors include Thomas E. Levy, Daniel M. Master, Osnat Misch-Brandl, Yorke M. Rowan, Michael Sebbane, Dina Shalem, and Orit Shamir.