Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107154957)

Discussions of apocalyptic thought and its sources in the ancient Near East, particularly Mesopotamia, have a long scholarly history, with a renewed interest and focus in the recent decades. Outside Assyriological scholarship as well, studies of the apocalyptic give significant credit to the ancient Near East, especially Babylonia and Iran, as potential sources for the manifestations of this phenomenon in the Hellenistic period. The emphasis on kingship and empire in apocalyptic modes of thinking warrants special attention paid to the regal art of ancient Mesopotamia and adjacent areas in its potential to express the relevant notions. In this book, Mehmet-Ali Ata demonstrates the importance of visual evidence as a source for apocalyptic thought. Focusing on the so-called investiture painting from Mari, he relates it to parallel evidence from the visual traditions of the Assyrian Empire, ancient Egypt, and Hittite Anatolia.

Author: Mehmet-Ali Ataç
ISBN-10: 1107154952
ISBN-13: 9781107154957
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2018
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 10.28h x 7.20w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2019