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1 online resource |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Layard's Victorian palace? -- Floor with puzzle -- Colored drawing and lithographic plate -- Plate 2 and the history of art. |
| Summary |
One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria, a land theretofore known only from the Bible, it was published by the most famous among early excavators of Assyrian ruins, Austen Henry Layard. Over time and despite criticisms, the picture has shaped the understanding and reception of ancient Mesopotamian architecture and architectural decoration. 'Inside an Ancient Assyrian Palace' studies this influential image in depth, both at the time of its creation in London in the eventful year 1848 and in terms of its afterlife. A hidden inscription reveals unsuspected contributions by the renowned architect-designer Owen Jones and his colleague the architect-Egyptologist Joseph Bonomi. Also unexpected is the involvement of an enigmatic German artist who later emigrated to America and whose previous career in Europe had been lost to scholarship. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of art history and the ancient Near East. 00It will also be of relevance to museum visitors and others interested in the ancient world in general, in the art of the nineteenth century, and in design and historical reconstruction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894. Monuments of Nineveh.
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Architecture -- Historiography.
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Architecture -- Historiography. |
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Art -- Historiography.
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Art -- Historiography. |
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Representation (Philosophy)
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Representation (Philosophy) |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kangas, Steven E., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohen, Ada. Inside an ancient Assyrian palace. Hanover, New Hampshire : Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2016 9781611689976 (DLC) 2016007833 |
| ISBN |
9781611689983 (epub, mobi & pdf) |
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1611689988 (epub, mobi & pdf) |
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9781611689976 (paperback) |
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161168997X |
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