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The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria
Zainab Bahrani
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Description for The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria
Hardback. "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 Series: Archaeology, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: HD; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Mesopotamia, the world's earliest literate culture, developed a rich philosophical conception of representation in which the world was saturated with signs. Instead of imitating the natural world, representation-both in writing and in visual images-was thought to participate in the world and to have an effect upon it in natural, magical, and supernatural ways. The Graven Image is the first book to explore this tradition, which developed prior to, and apart from, the Greek understanding of representation. The classical Greek system, based on the notion of mimesis, or copy, is the one with which we are ... Read more
Mesopotamia, the world's earliest literate culture, developed a rich philosophical conception of representation in which the world was saturated with signs. Instead of imitating the natural world, representation-both in writing and in visual images-was thought to participate in the world and to have an effect upon it in natural, magical, and supernatural ways. The Graven Image is the first book to explore this tradition, which developed prior to, and apart from, the Greek understanding of representation. The classical Greek system, based on the notion of mimesis, or copy, is the one with which we are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Series
Archaeology, Culture & Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812236484
SKU
V9780812236484
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About Zainab Bahrani
Zainab Bahrani is Edith Porada Professor of Art and Archaeology at Columbia University.
Reviews for The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria
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 Bahrani opens up the field of ... Read more