TY - BOOK ID - 85553019 TI - Art and immortality in the ancient Near East PY - 2018 SN - 1108688403 1316651185 1108621198 1107154952 9781316651186 9781108621199 9781107154957 9781316608401 1316608409 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Time and art. KW - Holy, The, in art. KW - Apocalyptic art. KW - Art, Ancient KW - Art, Apocalyptic KW - Allegories KW - Symbolism in art KW - Art and time KW - Art KW - Themes, motives. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85553019 AB - Discussions of apocalyptic thought and its sources in the ancient Near East, particularly Mesopotamia, have a long scholarly history, with a renewed interest and focus in the recent decades. Outside Assyriological scholarship as well, studies of the apocalyptic give significant credit to the ancient Near East, especially Babylonia and Iran, as potential sources for the manifestations of this phenomenon in the Hellenistic period. The emphasis on kingship and empire in apocalyptic modes of thinking warrants special attention paid to the regal art of ancient Mesopotamia and adjacent areas in its potential to express the relevant notions. In this book, Mehmet-Ali Atac̀§ demonstrates the importance of visual evidence as a source for apocalyptic thought. Focusing on the so-called investiture painting from Mari, he relates it to parallel evidence from the visual traditions of the Assyrian Empire, ancient Egypt, and Hittite Anatolia. ER -