Allison Karmel Thomason
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1723694 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Allison Karmel Thomason |
| PRENOMES | Allison Karmel |
| SOBRENOME | Thomason |
| ASSINATURA | THOMASON A K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Sense-scapes of Neo-Assyrian Capital Cities
This study approaches the material world of the Neo-Assyrian period in Mesopotamia from the theoretical and methodological standpoint of the field of sensory archaeology. Analysis of relevant royal inscriptions, administrative tablets, bas-reliefs and artefacts excavated from the palaces in the Assyrian capital cities of Nimrud, Khorsabad and Nineveh demonstrates that the Assyrian kings and their courtly advisors participated in activities of bio…
The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship
This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state-of-the-field discussion focuses on the Neo-Assyrian period, 883-612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and …
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
Her Share of the Profits
Beyond Baylon
Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context
Diplomacy by Design
From Sennacherib's Bronzes to Taharqa's Feet
Edward Said argued that since the beginning of western civilization there has been a conception that the rulers of the East, the famed “Oriental despots”, were decadent, obsessed with luxury, and consumed by the collecting of objects (1978: 119, 203). The trope of the decadent Orient is deeply embedded in the western imagination. In the Louvre Museum in Paris sits a masterpiece of French Romantic painting, The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Del…
Representations of the North Syrian Landscape in Neo-Assyrian Art
This article explores the way in which landscapes are imagined by imperialist regimes, and in particular by the Neo-Assyrian empire of the early first millennium B. C. The landscape of North Syria, a primary territorial target of the expansionist Neo-Assyrian empire, was mapped out at the heart of the empire in depictions on stone reliefs adorning the palace walls at Nimrud, Khorsabad, and Nineveh. An analysis of these images suggests that the la…
The Sense-scapes of Neo-Assyrian Capital Cities
This study approaches the material world of the Neo-Assyrian period in Mesopotamia from the theoretical and methodological standpoint of the field of sensory archaeology. Analysis of relevant royal inscriptions, administrative tablets, bas-reliefs and artefacts excavated from the palaces in the Assyrian capital cities of Nimrud, Khorsabad and Nineveh demonstrates that the Assyrian kings and their courtly advisors participated in activities of bio…
The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship
This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state-of-the-field discussion focuses on the Neo-Assyrian period, 883-612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and …
Representations of the North Syrian Landscape in Neo-Assyrian Art
This article explores the way in which landscapes are imagined by imperialist regimes, and in particular by the Neo-Assyrian empire of the early first millennium B. C. The landscape of North Syria, a primary territorial target of the expansionist Neo-Assyrian empire, was mapped out at the heart of the empire in depictions on stone reliefs adorning the palace walls at Nimrud, Khorsabad, and Nineveh. An analysis of these images suggests that the la…
From Sennacherib's Bronzes to Taharqa's Feet
Edward Said argued that since the beginning of western civilization there has been a conception that the rulers of the East, the famed “Oriental despots”, were decadent, obsessed with luxury, and consumed by the collecting of objects (1978: 119, 203). The trope of the decadent Orient is deeply embedded in the western imagination. In the Louvre Museum in Paris sits a masterpiece of French Romantic painting, The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Del…
Diplomacy by Design
Beyond Baylon
Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context
Her Share of the Profits
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
The Sense-scapes of Neo-Assyrian Capital Cities
This study approaches the material world of the Neo-Assyrian period in Mesopotamia from the theoretical and methodological standpoint of the field of sensory archaeology. Analysis of relevant royal inscriptions, administrative tablets, bas-reliefs and artefacts excavated from the palaces in the Assyrian capital cities of Nimrud, Khorsabad and Nineveh demonstrates that the Assyrian kings and their courtly advisors participated in activities of bio…
The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship
This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state-of-the-field discussion focuses on the Neo-Assyrian period, 883-612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and …
History (8 obras) · Art (7 obras) · Ancient Near East History (6 obras) · Archaeology (6 obras) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 obras) · Ancient history (5 obras) · Art history (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Aesthetics (3 obras)