Statue of Ashurbanipal (San Francisco) - Wikipedia
Ashurbanipal, also known as the Ashurbanipal Monument or the Statue of Ashurbanipal, [2] is a bronze sculpture by Fred Parhad, an artist of Assyrian descent. It is located in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California, in the United States.
Assyrian Sculpture - Smarthistory
Statue of Ashurnasirpal II, Neo-Assyrian, 883–859 B.C.E., from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, magnesite, 113 x 32 x 15 cm (© The Trustees of the British Museum) Ashurnasirpal mounted at least fourteen military campaigns, many of …
Paradise on earth: the gardens of Ashurbanipal | British Museum
2018年10月4日 · We take a look at how the Assyrian kings created a slice of paradise on earth with their exotic botanical gardens. Assyrian kings built on a lavish scale. Ashurbanipal's capital at Nineveh was a vast metropolis and the palaces were a symbol of the King's wealth and power.
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.
Civic Center – Ashurbanipal – Public Art and Architecture from Around ...
2012年1月24日 · Ashurbanipal by sculptor Fred Parhad sits on the sidewalk of the Asian Art Museum, facing the San Francisco Library. The sculpture shows Asurbanipal wearing a short tunic and holds a lion cub in his right arm. The figure stands on a concrete base, with bronze plaque and rosettes.
Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal - Wikipedia
They are widely regarded as "the supreme masterpieces of Assyrian art". [1] They show a formalized ritual "hunt" by King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669–631 BC) in an arena, where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to slaughter with arrows, spears, or …
Ashurbanipal Monument - The Historical Marker Database
2010年6月13日 · Beginning as a river civilization in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates, the empire spread east and west to touch the lives of all Near Eastern people. This is a statue of Ashurbanipal, one of the great kings of Assyria. A noted patron of the arts, he helped to build a culture that inspired nations from Persia to the Mediterranean Sea.
Stela of Ashurbanipal — Google Arts & Culture
The city of Babylon had been destroyed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 689 BC but was rebuilt by his son Esarhaddon (reigned 680-669 BC) and grandson Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC). One of...
Category:Statue of Ashurbanipal - Wikimedia Commons
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Who was Ashurbanipal? - British Museum
2018年6月19日 · Ashurbanipal ruled for most of his reign from the 'Palace Without Rival', which was built 'to be an object of wonder for all the people'. Visitors entered the palace through massive gateways flanked by colossal human-headed winged bulls (known as lamassu ) that protected the king from dangerous supernatural forces.