Description: The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran Matthew P. Canepa University of California Press, 2010. Hardcover. (xx), 425 pp. Bound in lilac cloth with gilt stamped title to spine. Illustrated with forty-five maps and figures. VG. Crisp and square. Soiling or transfer marks to back board. Clean, bright pages. Free of markings. 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 coexisted, 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. 978-0520257276
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Subject Area: Iran Kings and Rulers, Iran Relations Rome, Romans social life and customs, Rome Kings and Ruler, Rome Relations Iran, Sassanids social life and customs
Publication Name: The Two Eyes of the Earth
Book Title: Two Eyes of the Earth : Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome a
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Length: 9.5in
Subject: Art
Publication Year: 2010
Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage Ser.
Type: Book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.5in
Author: Matthew P. Canepa
Item Weight: 31.1 Oz
Item Width: 6.4in
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
