PIECING
TOGETHER THE CANON OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART by
using the lion and prey image as indicator |
|||
BACKGROUND 1. General Introduction 2. Archaeology and the Rise and Fall of AncNME
Civilisations |
Goddess As Lioness Chs. 4
& 21 |
Piecing Together the
Canon of ancient near eastern Art (canea) By sequencing images
next to the Lion & Prey Chs. 1, 17, 18, 22 |
God as Bull Chs. 3 & 20 |
3. The domestication of animals in the wild and
their cults 4. The half-taming of the cat family and its mythology CATALOGUES OF EVIDENCE (Click on centre square link) 5.-12. The Compositional types |
|||
SYNTHESES 13. Geographical Spread and Chronological
Overview |
Distribution in Time
and Place Ch.13 |
The Lion Attacking Bull
Image Tradition versus Invention Ch.15 Click here for Chapters
5-12 |
Art Historical
Overview Chs
.14 & 16 |
14. Overview of compositional types and their
phasing |
|||
15. Observation and Invention versus Tradition in
Lion and Bull Imagery 16. Art History of the Amalgamated Catalogue |
|||
THE CANON OF ANCIENT NEAR
EASTERN ART [CANEA] 17. Piecing together the Ancient Near Eastern
Canon |
The Iconography of
Ancient Astronomy Ch.19
3-D Zodiac Sculptures |
Archaeology and the
rise and fall of AncNME Civilisations Ch.2 |
Works Displaying the entire CANEA Cycle Ch.17 |
18. Previous Interpretations 19. The Iconography of Ancient Astronomy 20. The God as Bull 21. The Goddess as Lioness 22. Final Interpretation of the Ancient Near
Eastern Canon |
|||
Appendices/Bibliography/Index |