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Soldier slaying captive, Khorsabad, late eighth century BCE. The captive is probably a Samarian seized during Sargon’s conquest of the city. From a relief in the palace of Sargon at Dur-Sharrukin…
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Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)
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Late 9th Century BCE
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Chariots trampling enemies and burning city in drawing of late 8th century BCE Assyrian relief in Sargon’s palace in Khorsabad, Iraq. One of Sargon’s horse-drawn chariots, its driver holding a whip…
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Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)
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Late 8th Century BCE
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Sheep and rams frequently appear in the sculptures of Kadishman, a legacy of time spent as a shepherd in his youth. Sacrifice of Isaac is a reimagining of the biblical story of the Akedah, in which…
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Menashe Kadishman
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1985
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Ninio’s art focuses on putting everyday objects into new contexts, which change their original functions, posing questions about the nature of their reality, by opening them up to new relationships…
Contributor:
Moshe Ninio
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1987
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Survivors Are Not Heroes stands five meters tall on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Etrog intended the bronze sculpture to serve as a critique of traditional war memorials, which…
Contributor:
Sorel Etrog
Places:
Toronto, Canada
Date:
1967