Art and immortality in the ancient Near East
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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2018
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Ataç, Mehmet-Ali, 1972-, Art and immortality in the ancient near east] (2020) (Knott, Elizabeth, 1983 -)
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Alter Orient
/ Histoire 2500 avant J.-C.-1500 avant J.-C.
/ Eschatologie
/ Attente de la fin des temps
/ Art
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Art, Ancient (Middle East)
Themes, motives
B Time and art B Art, Ancient ; Middle East ; Themes, motives B Holy, The, in art B Apocalyptic art |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 Ataç 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 |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Feb 2018) |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 285 pages), digital, PDF file(s) |
| ISBN: | 1316651185 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781316651186 |