Two Eyes of the Earth

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-520-25727-6
Verlag: University Of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 456 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 908 g

Reihe: Transformation of the Classical Heritage

This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. This shared ideal, while often generating conflict during the four centuries of the empires' coexistence (224-642), also drove exchange, especially the means and methods Roman and Persian sovereigns used to project their notions of universal rule: elaborate systems of ritual and their cultures' visual, architectural, and urban environments. Matthew Canepa explores the artistic, ritual, and ideological interactions between Rome and the Iranian world under the Sasanian dynasty, the last great Persian dynasty before Islam. He analyzes how these two hostile systems of sacred universal sovereignty not only coexisted, but fostered cross-cultural exchange and communication despite their undying rivalry. Bridging the traditional divide between classical and Iranian history, this book brings to life the dazzling courts of two global powers that deeply affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam, South Asia, and China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Canepa, Matthew P.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Brown, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Sources and Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Art and Ritual of Kingship Within and Between Rome and Sasanian Iran

3. The Lure of the Other and the Limits of the Past

4. Sapur I, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran

5. Rome’s Troubled Third Century and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium

6. Contested Images of Sacral Kingship and New Expressions of Triumph

7. Unceasing Embassies

8. City as Stage and Art as Statecraft

9. The Late Antique Kosmos of Power

Epilogue: The Legacy of the Two Eyes of the Earth

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew P. Canepa is Assistant Professor of Art History at the College of Charleston where he is a faculty member in the interdisciplinary programs in Archaeology and Asian Studies.