Assyrian Palace Sculptures

by Paul Collins

Between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the small kingdom of Assyria (present-day northern Iraq) expanded through conquest from Egypt to Iran. The relief sculptures that decorated Assyrian palaces represent the high point of Mesopotamian art of the first millennium BCE, both for their artistic quality and their vivid depictions of warfare, rituals, mythology, hunting, and other aspects of Assyrian life. Together, the sculptures constitute some...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160606648X
• ISBN13: 9781606066485
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.2" x 10.5"