Representations Of Conflict Scenes In Assyrian Art

Abstract

The present study tackled representations of conflict scenes in Assyrian art by analyzing the religious, political, environmental, ideological, and social dimensions from which the conflict scene emerged. That was represented in the aesthetic structure of cylinder seals, obelisks, stone panels, and statues during the Assyrian era. The methodology of the research is devoted to presenting the research community, the research tool that includes collecting data, and samples of (3) sculptural works that covered the limits of the present study. The two researchers intentionally adopted the descriptive analytical approach for the purpose of analyzing the samples. The results of the present study show that the intellectual reflections of the Assyrian sculptor have contributed to the diversity of conflict scenes at the level of stereoscopic or prominent sculpture. There were various technical and directorial treatments in an attempt to portray and represent these intellectual reflections and referred them to a symbolic sign that has a tangible physical presence.