Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces

Zusatztext Kertai's emphasis is on the spatial organisation of the palace community rather than the dichotomy of the public and private realms and rights of access. High-quality plans. Informationen zum Autor David Kertai is a research associate at University College London. Klappentext The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis of Late Assyrian palatial architecture! offering a general introduction to all key royal palaces in the major centres of the empire: Assur! Kal?u! Dur-Sharruken! and Nineveh. Zusammenfassung The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis of Late Assyrian palatial architecture, offering a general introduction to all key royal palaces in the major centres of the empire: Assur, Kal?u, Dur-Sharruken, and Nineveh. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of Plates and Figures; Plans by Author; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Ashurnasirpal II (883-859); 3 Shalmaneser III (858-824); 4 Adad-nerari III (810-783)! Tiglath-pileser III (744-727) and the Interceding Decades; 5 Sargon II (722-705); 6 Sennacherib (704-681); 7 Esarhaddon (681-669); 8 Ashurbanipal (668-631); 9 Palatial Spaces; 10 Palatial Suites; 11 250 Years of Late Assyrian Palaces; Appendix; Bibliography

Summary

The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis of Late Assyrian palatial architecture, offering a general introduction to all key royal palaces in the major centres of the empire: Assur, Kal?u, Dur-Sharruken, and Nineveh.

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• Authors: David Kertai, David (Research Associate Kertai, Kertai David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198723189
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872318-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Kunstgeschichte, Japan, Geschichte der Architektur, Architecture, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, Middle East, Palaces, chateaux, country houses, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Architecture: palaces, stately homes and mansions, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Assyria, Assyrian Empires, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology