Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC - AD 100

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-967072-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1315 g

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation

This book is an archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from the Taurus to Edom (modern South East Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) in the important transitional period between the downfall of the Seleucid empire and Rome's establishment of provincial administration across the entire region. In this volume, Kropp treats royal portraits, tombs, palaces, coins, and temples as
historical documents and aims at uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations. In particular, he focuses on the six major players: the Kommagenian, Emesan, Ituraean, Nabataean, Hasmonaean, and Herodian dynasties.

The images and monuments discussed show an endless variety of eclectic styles, shapes, and types - a result of individual, deliberate choices from an array of cultural and artistic options, such as Hellenistic, Roman, and Persian. The study of their origins and importance therefore places monuments, like the Khazneh at Petra or the Temple at Jerusalem, in their proper context and allows a more nuanced understanding of their creation as expressions and constructions of royal
personas.

Zielgruppe

For students and scholars interested in ancient history, classical studies, classical archaeology, art history, and the history of religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kropp, Andreas J M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List if Figures
List of Maps
Abbreviations
1: Methods, Dynasts, and Kingdoms
2: Royal Portraits
3: Royal Palaces
4: Royal Tombs
5: Kings and Cults
6: Images and Monuments: Projections of Royal Ideology
Coin Charts
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andreas J. M. Kropp is Lecturer in Classical Art at the Classics Department, University of Nottingham.