Question

It is largely because of Western art historian’s interests in the ____________ that ancient Near Eastern materials have been regarded as part of the Western acceptance or standard of the history of art.

Answer 1

Biblical "Holy Land"

Step-by-step explanation:

The interest of the West art historian in Biblical "Holy Land" led to that the ancient Near Eastern materials been regarded as the part of Western canon of history of the art.

Interest in the finding the locations of the cities which are mentioned in Bible like Nineveh and Babylon inspired original 19th century English and the French archaeological expeditions to Near East. The sites mentioned in the Bible were discovered and the excavations which where found at these sites, revealed to world a unique style of the art which had been lost.