The Mesopotamian Sublime: Time, Matter, Image in Mesopotamian Antiquity
This lecture is free to students and staff of the University of Oxford. Booking is necessary for members of the public not affiliated with the University and can be made here: http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
The lecture develops the idea of an ‘art-time’ by exploring the aesthetics of the sublime in Mesopotamian antiquity. The paper argues that there was a conception of the sublime that comes into play in the deep time seen in the foundation deposits with their interred statues and texts, and in the elevated, timeless cliff sculptures of the northern Mesopotamian landscape.
Date:
12 May 2017, 13:00
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details:
Ashmolean Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Prof. Zainab Bahrani (Columbia University)
Organising department:
Griffith Institute
Organisers:
Eva Miller (University of Oxford),
Dr Luigi Prada (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Topics in Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (EANES Topics Seminar)
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Eva Miller
