Assyrian Palace Sculptures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assyrian Palace Sculptures write by Paul Collins. This book was released on 2020-03-03. Assyrian Palace Sculptures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Collins leads a breathtaking lion hunt in his marvellous introduction to one of the British Museum’s fiercest and most famous treasures” (Times [UK]) Between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the small kingdom of Assyria (present-day northern Iraq) expanded through conquest from Egypt to Iran. The relief sculptures that decorated Assyrian palaces represent the high point of Mesopotamian art of the first millennium BCE, both for their artistic quality and their vivid depictions of warfare, rituals, mythology, hunting, and other aspects of Assyrian life. Together, the sculptures constitute some of the most impressive and eloquent witnesses of the ancient Near East, their importance only increasing with the recent destruction by ISIS of many of the reliefs that remained in Iraq. Originally published by the British Museum in 2008, this book serves as a superb visual introduction to these extraordinary sculptures, showcasing a series of stunning photographs of the museum’s unrivaled collection of Assyrian reliefs. Highlighting individual panels and their often overlooked details, these images capture the majesty of Assyrian kings, their splendid courts, and protecting divinities. An introduction by Collins sets the sculptures in their cultural and art historical context, while the following chapters provide a brief history of Assyria and its royal palaces as well as an overview of the artworks’ discovery, reception, and understanding.
Assyrian Sculpture
Assyrian Sculpture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assyrian Sculpture write by British Museum. This book was released on 1983. Assyrian Sculpture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For almost three centuries, until 612 B.C., the small kingdom of Assyria dominated the Middle East, its empire at one point extending from Iran to Egypt. The story of those years--the triumphs of the Assyrian kings in war and peace, their exploits in the hunting field, and the gods who watched over them--were recorded in stone on the walls of a succession of royal palaces. These sculptures, offering eyewitness views of a long-lost civilization, were not rediscovered until the nineteenth century. The finest collection, transported with great difficulty to Europe, is now preserved at the British Museum. This book describes how the sculptures were found and what they meant to those who created them. It is both a richly illustrated history of Assyrian sculpture in general and a guide to the outstanding collections of the British Museum. For this Second Edition of "Assyrian Sculpture," in a new format, the author has updated the text and bibliography.
Assyrian Reliefs and Ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Assyrian Reliefs and Ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assyrian Reliefs and Ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art write by Vaughn Emerson Crawford. This book was released on 1980. Assyrian Reliefs and Ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses monumental, majestic, and important works of art from the ancient world. In particular, a group of Assyrian sculptures from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud, which was constructed during the reign of Assurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), is remarkable both for its artistic excellence and for its technical skill. Excavated at Nimrud in the mid-nineteenth century by Sir Austen Henry Layard, an English archaeologist, the majority of these impressive, larger-than-life-size reliefs and sculptures came to the Metropolitan Museum in 1932 as gifts of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., one of the Museum's most generous supporters. Other Assyrian pieces were gifts to the Museum in 1917 from J. Pierpont Morgan, another major figure in the Metropolitan's history. An earlier donor, Benjamin Brewster, began the Museum's collection of Assyrian reliefs with a gift in 1884. In 1968, prior to the beginning of construction on the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art, most of the Ancient Near Eastern works were placed in storage. Now, as the first stage in the reinstallation of permanent galleries for the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, the Assyrian sculptures may again be enjoyed in a gallery setting that reflects their original placement in the Northwest Palace at Nimrud.
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria write by Georges Perrot. This book was released on 1884. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Companion to Assyria
A Companion to Assyria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to Assyria write by Eckart Frahm. This book was released on 2017-03-24. A Companion to Assyria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history
