Godina izdanja: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-58465-817-7
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Istorija umetnosti
Autor: Strani

ASSYRIAN RELIEFS FROM THE PALACE OF ASHURNASIRPAL II:
A CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY

Assyrian reliefs / Asirski reljefi

The well-known narrative images of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 B.C.E.) at war and at the hunt are discussed frequently in studies of ancient Near Eastern art. By comparison, the iconic reliefs depicting the ruler, his genies, and the “sacred tree,” which are repeated over and over within the decorative scheme of Ashurnasirpal’s palace in Nimrud, part of modern-day Iraq, are less studied and imperfectly understood by scholars. This volume of collected essays on the reliefs at Dartmouth College and related works in other museums across the United States and in international institutions sheds new light on their meanings, importance, and history. Following the discovery of the reliefs in the nineteenth century, institutions and individuals in Europe and North America competed to acquire them. The greatest number went into European collections in the countries of their discoverers, but “surplus” relief fragments, usually of supernatural figures and trees, were shipped to America, and many found their way to colleges and universities. The essays in this volume explore the iconography of the reliefs, the fascinating story of their discovery and dispersal throughout the West, their biblical connections, and their cultural, artistic, and historical meanings. The book takes the reader from the ancient world of Assyria to its modern rediscovery to the digital reconstruction of the Nimrud palace. Lavishly illustrated with over 115 color and 35 black-and-white images, Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II will engage and inform the student, the scholar, as well as the museum visitor.

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Dobro poznate narativne slike asirskog kralja Ašurnasirpala II (883–859 p.n.e.) u ratu i u lovu često se raspravljaju u studijama drevne bliskoistočne umetnosti. Poređenja radi, ikonski reljefi koji prikazuju vladara, njegove duhove i „sveto drvo“, koji se ponavljaju iznova i iznova unutar ukrasne šeme Ashurnasirpalove palate u Nimrudu, delu današnjeg Iraka, manje su proučavani i nesavršeno razumljivi od strane naučnici. Ovaj tom sakupljenih eseja o reljefima na Dartmouth koledžu i srodnim radovima u drugim muzejima širom Sjedinjenih Država i u međunarodnim institucijama baca novo svetlo na njihovo značenje, važnost i istoriju. Nakon otkrića reljefa u devetnaestom veku, institucije i pojedinci u Evropi i Severnoj Americi takmičili su se da ih nabave. Najveći broj je otišao u evropske kolekcije u zemljama njihovih otkrića, ali su „viškovi” reljefnih fragmenata, obično natprirodnih figura i drveća, otpremani u Ameriku, a mnogi su našli put do koledža i univerziteta. Eseji u ovoj svesci istražuju ikonografiju reljefa, fascinantnu priču o njihovom otkrivanju i širenju širom Zapada, njihove biblijske veze i njihovo kulturno, umetničko i istorijsko značenje. Knjiga vodi čitaoca iz drevnog sveta Asirije do njegovog modernog ponovnog otkrića do digitalne rekonstrukcije palate Nimrud. Raskošno ilustrovani sa preko 115 slika u boji i 35 crno-belih slika, Asirski reljefi iz palate Ashurnasirpal II će angažovati i informisati studenta, naučnika, kao i posetioca muzeja.

JANUARY, 2010
Edited by:
Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas
Publishing partner:
University Press of New England
2010, 288 pages;
paper, ISBN 978-1-58465-817-7