Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth

Trudy Kawami is director of research at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in New York. John Olbrantz is the Maribeth Collins Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

• PrefaceDedicationCivilizations in the Sand: Archaeologists, Collectors, and the American Discovery of the Ancient Near EastBreath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections-The Divine Realm-The Human Realm-The Animal RealmSelected BibliographyChronologyMapPhoto Credits

"[Breath of heaven] begins with a general discussion of the emerging archaeologists and collectors of the ancient Near East. . .Part 2 of this book documents, through individual catalogue entries, each of the 64 objects illustrated in color plates. A bibliography, chronology, and map supplement the text in this beautiful volume."(Choice)