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Titre conventionnel : [Exposition. New York (N.Y.), Institute for the study of the ancient world. 2019/2020]
Titre(s) : A wonder to behold [Texte imprimé] : craftsmanship and the creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate : [exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, November 6, 2019-May 24, 2020] / edited by Anastasia Amrhein, Clare Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Knott [curators]
Publication : New York, NY : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University ;
Princeton, NJ : Distributed by Princeton University Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color plan ; 28 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183)
"In the ancient Near East, expert craftspeople were more than technicians: they numbered
among those special members of society who could access the divine. While the artisans'
names are largely unknown today, their legacy remains in the form of spectacular artworks
and monuments. One of the most celebrated works of antiquity--Babylon's Ishtar Gate
and its affiliated Processional Way--featured a dazzling array of colorful beasts
assembled from molded, baked, and glazed bricks. Such an awe-inspiring structure demanded
the highest level of craft; each animal was created from dozens of bricks that interlocked
like a jigsaw. Yet this display of technical and artistic skill also served a ritual
purpose, since the Gate provided a divinely protected entrance to the sacred inner
city of Babylon. 'A Wonder to Behold' explores ancient Near Eastern ideas about the
transformative power of materials and craftsmanship as they relate to the Ishtar Gate.
This beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanies an exhibition at New York University's
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Essays by archaeologists, art historians,
curators, conservators, and text specialists examine a wide variety of artifacts from
major American and European institutions."--Provided by publisher
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Amrhein, Anastasia (1987-....). Commissaire d'exposition. Éditeur scientifique
Fitzgerald, Clare (1982-....). Commissaire d'exposition. Éditeur scientifique
Knott, Elizabeth (1983-....). Commissaire d'exposition. Éditeur scientifique
Institute for the study of the ancient world (New York, N.Y.). Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Craftsmanship and the creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate
Sujet(s) : Fouilles archéologiques -- Babylone (Irak ; ville ancienne) -- Porte d'Ishtar
Art assyro-babylonien -- Babylone (Irak ; ville ancienne)
Antiquités assyro-babyloniennes -- Babylone (Irak ; ville ancienne)
Babylone (Irak ; ville ancienne) -- Porte d'Ishtar
Genre ou forme : Catalogues d'exposition
Indice(s) Dewey :
935.04 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Mésopotamie et plateau iranien - 0625-0530 av. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691200156. - ISBN 0691200157 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46897191n
Notice n° :
FRBNF46897191
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction.. Sacred materials, sacred skills / / Anastasia Amrhein and Elizabeth
Knott ; ; "The men who wrought the baked brick, those were Babylonians" : a brief
history of molded and glazed bricks / / Anja Fügert and Helen Gries ; ; Building
Babylon : the anatomy of a monumental construction project / / Heather D. Baker ;
; Layout and composition of the animals from the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way
at Babylon / / Sarah B. Graff ; ; How bricks were made / / Jean-François de Lapérouse
; ; Reading between the lines : fitters' marks in the Ancient Near East / / May-Sarah
Zessin ; ; The power of stones : natural, artificial, and in between / / Anastasia
Amrhein ; ; Eyestones, natural and man-made / / Elizabeth Knott ; ; Vitreous materials
in the Ancient Near East / / Katherine A. Larson ; ; Glassmaking as a scribal craft
/ / Eduardo A. Escobar ; ; Color and affect in Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylon / / Shiyanthi
Thavapalan ; ; "Ishtar overthrows its assailants" : the protective forces of Babylon's
Ishtar Gate / / Beate Pongratz-Leisten ; ; Conclusion.. Beholding Babylon's Ishtar
Gate / / Anastasia Amrhein and Elizabeth Knott.