The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome and Sasanian Iran (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Two Eyes of the Earth Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, this title investigates the ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. It brings to life the courts of two global powers that affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam and South Asia.
Full description- Publisher: University of California Press
- Published: 01 March 2010
- Format: Hardback 456 pages
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- Categories: Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Art History: Byzantine & Medieval c 500 CE to c 1400 | European History | Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780520257276 ISBN 10: 0520257278
- Sales rank: 1,075,054
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Full description for The Two Eyes of the Earth
This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. This shared ideal, while often generating conflict during the four centuries of the empires' coexistence (224-642), also drove exchange, especially the means and methods Roman and Persian sovereigns used to project their notions of universal rule: elaborate systems of ritual and their cultures' visual, architectural, and urban environments. Matthew Canepa explores the artistic, ritual, and ideological interactions between Rome and the Iranian world under the Sasanian dynasty, the last great Persian dynasty before Islam. He analyzes how these two hostile systems of sacred universal sovereignty not only co-existed, but fostered cross-cultural exchange and communication despite their undying rivalry. Bridging the traditional divide between classical and Iranian history, this book brings to life the dazzling courts of two global powers that deeply affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam, South Asia, and China.
