عنوان

Art and immortality in the ancient Near East /

(Number (ISBN

1107154952

(Number (ISBN

9781107154957

Title Proper

Art and immortality in the ancient Near East /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Mehmet-Ali Ataç.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 285 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

27 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The "investiture" painting from Mari -- The iconographic analysis of the Mari painting -- The flood myth as paradigm -- The semantic of the frame of running spirals -- Implications of sacral time and eschatology -- The "royal destiny" : the "garden scene" of Ashurbanipal revisited.

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Text of Note

Discussions of apocalyptic thought and its sources in the ancient Near East, particularly Mesopotamia, have a long scholarly history, with a renewed interest and focus in the recent decades. Outside Assyriological scholarship as well, studies of the apocalyptic give significant credit to the ancient Near East, especially Babylonia and Iran, as potential sources for the manifestations of this phenomenon in the Hellenistic period. The emphasis on kingship and empire in apocalyptic modes of thinking warrants special attention paid to the regal art of ancient Mesopotamia and adjacent areas in its potential to express the relevant notions. In this book, Mehmet-Ali Atac demonstrates the importance of visual evidence as a source for apocalyptic thought. Focusing on the so-called investiture painting from Mari, he relates it to parallel evidence from the visual traditions of the Assyrian Empire, ancient Egypt, and Hittite Anatolia.

Apocalyptic art.

Art, Ancient-- Middle East-- Themes, motives.

Holy, The, in art.

Time and art.

Apocalyptic art.

Art, Ancient-- Themes, motives.

Holy, The, in art.

Time and art.

Middle East.

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Edition

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Book number

Ataç, Mehmet-Ali,1972-

Date of Transaction

20200822150112.0

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