Melissa Eppihimer

Exemplars of Kingship (eBook, ePUB)

Art, Tradition, and the Legacy of the Akkadians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stretching across the historical region of Mesopotamia, the Akkadian dynasty (ca. 2334-2154 BCE) created a territorial state of unprecedented scale in the ancient Near East by uniting the city-states of Sumer and Akkad and parts of Syria and Iran. To establish and, later, cement their authority over disparate peoples and places, the kings used art and visual culture to extraordinary effect. Exemplars of Kingship conveys the astonishing life of the art of the Akkadian kings by assessing ancient and modern responses to its dynamic forms and transformative ideologies of kingship. For nearly two thousand years after their reign, the Akkadian kings were remembered as exemplary rulers. Modern assessments of ancient memories of Akkadian kingship have concentrated on textual attestations of the kings' place in cultural memory. This book considers the contributions of images to memories of Akkadian kingship. Through close readings of the visuals that remain, Melissa Eppihimer discusses how Akkadian steles, statues, and cylinder seals became models for later rulers in Mesopotamia and beyond who wished to emulate or critique the Akkadian kings-and how these rulers and their contemporaries were reminded of the Akkadian past when they looked at images. Exemplars of Kingship is, therefore, a book about Akkadian art and its reception in antiquity, but it is also concerned with the modern reception of Akkadian art and kingship. It argues that modern responses have constrained our understanding of ancient responses. Through a wide range of examples drawn from almost two millennia, the book highlights the individual decisions that prompted continuity and change during the long history of Mesopotamia and its artistic traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190903039
• Artikelnr.: 56995060

Autorenporträt

Melissa Eppihimer researches and teaches ancient Near Eastern art history, antiquarianism, and museum studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Notes on Names, Dates, and Languages
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Map
Chapter One: Behold Sargon
Chapter Two: Exemplars of Kingship and the Art of Memory
Chapter Three: Triumphant Kings and the Legacy of Akkadian Steles
Chapter Four: Royal Bodies and the Legacy of Akkadian Statues
Chapter Five: Curly-Haired Heroes and the Legacy of Akkadian Seals
Chapter Six: Allusions and Illusions
Bibliography
Index