Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II : a cultural biography
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Cohen, Ada
Kangas, Steven E. |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Hanover, N.H. :
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College ; University Press of New England, University Press of New England.
2010.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st. ed. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 268 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- List of illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Ch. 1. "Our Nineveh enterprise" / Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas
- Plates
- Ch. 2. The early exploration of Assyria / Julian Reade
- Ch. 3. Archaeology and politics in Iraq : from the British mandate to Saddam Hussein / James F. Goode
- Ch. 4. Assyria in the Bible / Susan Ackerman
- Ch. 5. Decorations, political posters, time capsules, and living gods : the meaning and function of the Assyrian palace carvings in the Hood Museum of Art / Barbara N. Porter
- Ch. 6. "Time and eternity" in the northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud / Mehmet-Ali Atai
- Ch. 7. Attending the king in the Assyrian reliefs / Paul Collins
- Ch. 8. Banquets, baubles, and bronzes : material comforts in the Neo-Assyrian palaces / Allison Karmel Thomason
- Ch. 9. The Northwest palace in the digital age / Samuel M. Paley with the collaboration of Donald H. Sanders
- Notes
- References
- List of contributors
- Index.
