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Exemplars of kingship : art, tradition, and the legacy of the Akkadians / Melissa Eppihimer.
Penn Museum Library NB1296 .E67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eppihimer, Melissa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Akkadian.
- Portrait sculpture, Ancient.
- Themes, motives.
- Iraq--Kings and rulers.
- Iraq.
- Kings and rulers.
- Portrait sculpture, Ancient--Themes, motives.
- Art, Akkadian--Influence.
- Kings and rulers in art.
- Physical Description:
- xix unnumbered pages, 299 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Behold Sargon p. 1
- 2 Exemplars of Kingship and the Art of Memory p. 8
- Remembering the Akkadians p. 12
- Visual Traditions and Interpictoriality p. 18
- The Temporalities of Images p. 23
- Memories and Traditions beyond Our Control p. 30
- 3 Triumphant Kings and the Legacy of Akkadian Steles p. 36
- The Privileged Status of the Stele of Naram-Sin p. 40
- Life and Death in Akkadian Victory Monuments p. 50
- Distinguishing Responses: The Zagros Rock Reliefs p. 57
- Ideal Kingship and the Steles of Shamshi-Adad I and Dadusha p. 69
- Late Entries: The Victory Monuments of Darius I p. 82
- The Legacy of the Stele of Naram-Sin p. 88
- 4 Royal Bodies and the Legacy of Akkadian Statues p. 90
- The Statues of the Akkadian Kings p. 93
- The Absent Legacy: The Historiography of Akkadian Royal Statues p. 103
- Emulation and Critique in the Statues of Gudea p. 108
- The Statues of the Kings of Ur p. 113
- Akkadian Tassels at Mari and Eshnunna p. 117
- Akkadian or Akkadian Imitations: The Statues of Puzur-Inshushinak p. 127
- Akkadian or Akkadian Imitations: The Statues from Ashur p. 132
- The Visual Legacy of Akkadian Royal Statues p. 138
- 5 Curly-Haired Heroes and the Legacy of Akkadian Seals p. 141
- Seals and Kingship in the Akkadian Period p. 142
- Modern Interpretations of Akkadian Cylinder Seals p. 150
- The Lahmu and the Contest Scene after the Akkadians p. 155
- The Akkadian Qualities of Middle Assyrian Art p. 161
- The Lion-Wielding Heroes of Khorsabad p. 167
- The Assyrian Forms and Functions of the Khorsabad Heroes p. 173
- Remembering the Akkadians in the Neo-Assyrian Period p. 187
- The Visual Legacy of Akkadian Seals p. 191
- 6 Allusions and Illusions p. 193
- Allusions to and Illusions of the Akkadians p. 195
- Memories of the Akkadians beyond Mesopotamia p. 200
- Other Memories, Other Exemplars p. 202.
- Notes:
- Expansion and revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2009, under the title: The visual legacy of Akkadian kingship.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Eppihimer, Melissa, author. Exemplars of kingship
- ISBN:
- 9780190903015
- 0190903015
- OCLC:
- 1075506535
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