Assyria, 1365–609 B.C. - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
After several centuries of obscurity and even loss of independence from around 1400 B.C. under the powerful northern Mesopotamian state of Mitanni, Assyria’s fortunes revived in the reign of Ashur-uballit I (1365–1330 B.C.).
What Is Ancient Assyrian Art? Learn About the Art of the …
2020年12月27日 · Arising from the Fertile Crescent, the Assyrian Empire once ruled over Mesopotamia with powerful armies and grand stone palaces. This advanced civilization greatly predated the Roman and Greek Empires but produced works of art as delicate as Greek amphorae and as monumental as Roman statuary.
Assyrian sculpture - Wikipedia
Assyrian sculpture is the sculpture of the ancient Assyrian states, especially the Neo-Assyrian Empire of 911 to 612 BC, which was centered around the city of Assur in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) which at its height, ruled over all of Mesopotamia, the Levant and Egypt, as well as portions of Anatolia, Arabia and modern-day Iran and Armenia.
The Old Assyrian Period (ca. 2000–1600 B.C.)
The art and texts of the Old Assyrian period provide a deep view into the dynamic lives of individual people at the start of the second millennium B.C.
Smarthistory – Assyria, an introduction
The Assyrian empire dominated Mesopotamia and all of the Near East for the first half of the first millennium B.C.E., led by a series of highly ambitious and aggressive warrior kings. Assyrian society was entirely military, with men obliged to fight in the army at any time.
Assyrian | Neo-Assyrian - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) From the ninth to the seventh century B.C., the kings of Assyria ruled over a vast empire centered in northern Iraq. The great Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 B.C.), undertook a vast building program at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu.
Assyrian Art: Characteristics, History
An Assyrian artistic style first began to appear around 1500 BCE. It featured finely detailed narrative relief sculpture in stone or alabster - found mainly in the royal palaces - depicting most hunting episodes and military affairs.
Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq - Getty
2019年10月2日 · Discover the majestic Assyrian palace reliefs with scenes of war, hunts, deities, and more. Gallery view: on the right, Protective Spirits , Assyrian, 645–640 BC, Nineveh, North Palace, reign of Ashurbanipal, gypsum.
Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq — Google Arts & Culture
The British Museum is home to the largest collection of ancient Assyrian reliefs in the world, 13 of which are on loan to the Getty Museum through 2022. Together they illuminate the richly...
Assyrian sculpture and Balawat Gates - British Museum
Large stone sculptures and reliefs were a striking feature of the palaces and temples of ancient Assyria (modern northern Iraq). Visit Rooms 6a and 6b to see two colossal winged human-headed lions that flanked an entrance to the royal palace of King Ashurnasirpal II …