The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria.(Book Review)

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Feldman, Marian | Copyright information

The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria. By ZAINAB BAHRANI. Archaeology, Culture, and Society. Philadelphia: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS, 2003. Pp. x + 242, illus. $49.95.

In The Graven Image, Bahrani tackles the ambitious question of the essence, or what she calls the "ontology," of representational arts in Babylonia and Assyria. It is a book laden with ideas and insights, and a short review of this kind can only touch briefly upon some of these. ...

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