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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

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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.
Request Code : ZLIBIO1301790
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Year:
2011
Edition:
1
Publisher:
De Gruyter
Language:
English
Pages:
223
ISBN 10:
3110222256
ISBN 13:
9783110222258
ISBN:
3110222256,9783110222258
Series:
Topoi: Berlin Studies of the Ancient World

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