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Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance : the Stone Reliefs at Carchemish and Zincirli in the Earlier First Millennium BCE /
The ceremonial centers of the Syro-Hittite city-states (1200-700 BC) were lavishly decorated with large-scale, open-air figurative reliefs - an original and greatly influential artistic tradition. But why exactly did the production of such an array of monumental images ever start? This volume explor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
De Gruyter,
2011, ©2011.
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| Colección: | Topoi (Berlin, Germany) ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The ceremonial centers of the Syro-Hittite city-states (1200-700 BC) were lavishly decorated with large-scale, open-air figurative reliefs - an original and greatly influential artistic tradition. But why exactly did the production of such an array of monumental images ever start? This volume explores how Syro-Hittite monumental art was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritual events, and opens up a new perspective by situating monumental art in the context of public performances and civic spectacles of great emotional impact, such as processions, royal triumphs, and dynastic funerals. |
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| Notas: | Based on a doctoral dissertation completed at the Freie Universität of Berlin in 2008. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110222265 3110222264 1283164922 9781283164924 |