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Laura Battini Making Pictures of War (Paperback). Author: Laura Battini. Did the war scenes follow a specific directory whereby they adopted the most varied forms?. Were the war scenes referring to specific historical events or were they generic representations?. Further DetailsTitle: Making Pictures of War Condition: New Subtitle: Realia et Imaginaria in the Iconology of the Ancient Near East Author: Laura Battini Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1784914037 EAN: 9781784914035 ISBN: 9781784914035 Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology Genre: History Release Date: 07/10/2016 Description: This book brings together the main discussions that took place at an international conference on the iconology of war in the ancient Near East, a subject never addressed at an international meeting before. The articles span the 3rd to the 1st millennium, with a special stress on the Neo-Assyrian period. They try to respond to many questions about representations of war: what is ‘warrior’ iconography and on what basis it can be defined? Did the war scenes follow a specific directory whereby they adopted the most varied forms? Can we determine the most usual conditions for the creation of pictures of wartime (such as periods of great change)? Were the war scenes referring to specific historical events or were they generic representations? What can a society accept from the representations of war? What did war images silence and why? What is a ‘just’ punishment for enemies and thus the ‘just’ representation of it? Who has control of the representation and therefore also the memory of war? Who is the real subject of war representations? What emerges from all the articles published here is the relevance of textual data in any analysis of iconological material. And this is not only true for iconology, but for all the archaeological material discovered at historical sites. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 290mm Item Length: 205mm Item Width: 10mm Item Weight: 400g Series: Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology Release Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
