 | The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria Subjects: Aesthetics Oriental; Art Assyro-Babylonian; Aesthetics Oriental -- Historiography; Art Assyro-Babylonian -- Historiography; "A welcome addition to the study of the ancient Near East. It breaks away from Eurocentric approaches and tries to do justice to Mesopotamian thought, thus shedding new light on the relationship between text and representation. . . . Bahrani's book will become the center of a lively debate."-- Bryn Mawr Classical Review Zainab Bahrani is Edith Porada Professor of Art and Archaeology at Columbia University. |
