International Style (Bronze Age)
Some scholars refer to the style of luxury goods (mainly made of ivory , faience or metal ) from the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean as the international style . It flourished especially in the 14th and 13th centuries BC .
The term is controversial and not accepted by all archaeologists and art historians. It was introduced by the Egyptologist William Stevenson Smith in the 1960s. Typical for this style are a mixture of Egyptian , Mesopotamian and Minoan - Mycenaean style elements. The production centers of the style are mainly to be found in the Levant ( Ugarit ).
"Faience" vessel in the shape of a head, Cypriot or Syrian work
Ivory board, Cypriot or Syrian work
Make-up container
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Individual evidence
- ^ William Stevenson Smith: Interconnections in the Ancient Near East , New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965