The image of power in the lion hunting scenes of Neoassyrian art
The palatine reliefs of the kings Assurnasirpal II and Assurbanipal
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Neoassyrian Empire, Iconology, Hunting, Power, RoyaltyAbstract
The Assyrians used a wide visual repertoire to capture all types of representative themes of their culture, among them, the royal hunting scenes starring the Assyrian king. This compositional typology was reproduced mainly in the interior reliefs of the palaces that belonged to the most important Neo-Assyrian kings, among which those referring to the monarch Assurnasirpal II stand out, and especially those of the great neo-Assyrian monarch Assurbanipal. Both used the theme of Lion hunting as a visual advertising motif, since it not only allowed to represent the king himself as a powerful and victorious warrior, but it was also used as a visual channel to indirectly transmit the social and political ideologies that governed the order of his empires.
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