Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance : the Stone Reliefs at Carchemish and Zincirli in the Earlier First Millennium BCE
Title:
Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance : the Stone Reliefs at Carchemish and Zincirli in the Earlier First Millennium BCE
JLCTITLE245:
Alessandra Gilibert.
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Publication Information:
New York : De Gruyter, 2011, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9783110222265
9781283164924
General Note:
Based on a doctoral dissertation completed at the Freie Universität of Berlin in 2008.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
UAF Rasmuson Library Ebook Central subscription access.
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES -- List of Tables -- Bibliographical abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Syro-Anatolian region in the Iron Age -- 3 Carchemish -- 4 Zincirli -- 5 The embedment of monumental art in ritual performance -- 6 Art and ritual performance in diachronic perspective -- 7 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Catalogue of monumental items -- Index of concepts
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.