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"a pretty safe bet for anyone with a sense of humour...
This is definitively the impressive choice for your Valentine." --Artists & Illustrators, March 1, 2009
"Filled with beautiful photographs that bring the sculpture to life, highlighting action and hidden detail... evoking intense drama." --The Art Newspaper International, February 2009
This is definitively the impressive choice for your Valentine." --Artists & Illustrators, March 1, 2009
"Filled with beautiful photographs that bring the sculpture to life, highlighting action and hidden detail... evoking intense drama." --The Art Newspaper International, February 2009
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"Assyrian relief sculptures are crammed with dramatic vignettes of life...Here they are excellently presented."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book produced by the British Museum Press. The photographs are outstanding and the description detailed, but to the point. If you are interested in this subject, I highly recommend both this book and a visit to the British Museum.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was given this book for Christmas - what a discovery! The photos really make the sculptures look beautiful. The book is really good for someone like me who didn't know anything about these works. I never would have stopped to look at them before but I'll definitely take time to look at them in person next time I'm in London. The scenes of the lions being hunted and killed are absolutely amazing. Their struggle and their pain are really poingant.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Assyrian Palace Sculptures by Paul Collins is a stunningly beautiful book which contains photos of the British Museums collection taken by Lisa Baylis and Sandra Marshall who have done a brilliant job bringing these wall sculptures to life.
The main attraction of such a book is the photographs which are as crisp and clear as anyone could hope for. They are organised in order of Assyrian king reign, divided up with a page or two of brief history of the king and the palace they adorned. It is a very brief description which could have been bulked but the books main job is a antiquity catalogue not a history book. However the introduction which is about 18 pages is more than enough on light history of the Assyrians and how the sculptures came to the British Museum.
There is not much more that I can say about this book apart from that it should be read and viewed by at minimum those who are interested in Mesopotamia. This book is a grand achievement, all involved should be immensely proud.
The main attraction of such a book is the photographs which are as crisp and clear as anyone could hope for. They are organised in order of Assyrian king reign, divided up with a page or two of brief history of the king and the palace they adorned. It is a very brief description which could have been bulked but the books main job is a antiquity catalogue not a history book. However the introduction which is about 18 pages is more than enough on light history of the Assyrians and how the sculptures came to the British Museum.
There is not much more that I can say about this book apart from that it should be read and viewed by at minimum those who are interested in Mesopotamia. This book is a grand achievement, all involved should be immensely proud.
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