ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CANON OF ART

WORK ON PIECING TOGETHER THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CANON began from a single image: that of a lion attacking a bull, carved 28 times on the gateways of the 5C B.C. site of Persepolis in Iran

BACKGROUND

1.       General Introduction

2.       A Short History of Civilisations in the AncNE

Goddess As Lioness

 

Piecing Together The Ancient Near Eastern Canon Of Art

Identifying the Cycle Parts gives the Method

 

God as Bull

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

5.       The Compositional types

to 12.  (see centre square link)

AMALGAMATED CATALOGUES

13. Geographical Spread and Chronological Overview

Distribution by Country

 

the focal starting point: Lion Attacking the Bull

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Distribution in Time

14.    Overview of compositional types, their phasing and distribution

15.    Overview of tradition -v- invention in depiction

16.    Art History of Amalgamated Catalogue

REINTEGRATING THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CANON

17.    Piecing together the Ancient Near Eastern Canon

Astronomy, Astrology and the Calendar in the Anc.N.E.

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The Archaeology and Underlying Purpose of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Works that Show Images of the Canon Together

18.    Previous Interpretations

19.    Ancient Astronomy and the Pantheon

20.    The Goddess as Lioness

21.    The God as Bull

22.    Final Interpretation of the Ancient Near Eastern Canon

        Appendices/Bibliography/Index