{More Mesopotamian Symbols [continued (4)] – Monsters}[23rd December 1990]

[Redbook8:150][19901223:1916d]{More Mesopotamian Symbols [continued (4)] – Monsters}[23rd December 1990]

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‘Actual representations of divinities were now* being replaced by monstrous creatures and symbols** derived mainly from the Old Babylonian period.*** The change reflects a profound alteration in the religious outlook of Babylonia and elsewhere.’

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*(The [Later] Kassites, c1550-1157[bce])

[See last previous entry]

**I suppose this sort of expression of religious feeling ought to occur around A~ <901225>

– or ‘flushing out’ at R~? <910130>

{cf [[Redbook8:200-205][19910130:1235]{Hellenistic Greek Art}[30th January 1991],] 201 (Hellenistic, c300-0BCE)}

cf [[Redbook8:{306-308}][19910306:0930#]{Romanesque Art}[23rd December 1990],] 305[actual ms page number corrected to {307} – penult para on ms page] – is Mesopotamia a 4096 year cycle? <910306>

***(c1890-1600)

****– ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 1:], 67

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