Syro-Hittite monumental art and the archaeology of performance : the stone reliefs at Carchemish and Zincirli in the earlier first millennium BCE / Alessandra Gilibert.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Gilibert, Alessandra.

Series:

Topoi ; v. 2.

Topoi, Berlin studies of the ancient world, 2191-5806 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relief (Sculpture), Hittite--Turkey--Carchemish (Extinct city).

Relief (Sculpture), Hittite.

Relief (Sculpture), Hittite--Turkey--Zincirli (Gaziantep İli).

Monuments--Turkey--Carchemish (Extinct city).

Monuments.

Monuments--Turkey--Zincirli (Gaziantep İli).

Hittites--Civilization.

Hittites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : De Gruyter, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 that has captivated the imagination of its contemporaries as well as that of modern scholars. This volume explores how Syro-Hittite monumental art was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritual events, and it opens up a new perspective by situating the monumental heritage in the context of large public performances and civic spectacles of great emotional impact. The first part of the volume focuses on the sites of Carchemish and Zincirli, offering a close reading of the relevant archaeological contexts. The second part of the volume discusses the embedment of monumental art in ritual performance and examines how change in art relates to change in ceremonial behavior, and how the latter relates in turn to change in power structures and models of rulership.

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

Notes:

Dissertation FU Berlin 2008.

Based on a doctoral dissertation completed at the Freie Universität of Berlin in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613164926

9781283164924

1283164922

9783110222265

3110222264

OCLC:

753968403