Reconsidering Rag-i Bibi: Authority and audience in the Sasanian east
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Reconsidering Rag-i Bibi : Authority and audience in the Sasanian east. / Levine, Evan I.; Plekhov, Daniel.
I: Afghanistan, Bind 2, Nr. 2, 2019, s. 233-260.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconsidering Rag-i Bibi
T2 - Authority and audience in the Sasanian east
AU - Levine, Evan I.
AU - Plekhov, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Edinburgh University Press.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The Sasanian rock-cut relief of Rag-i Bibi, located in northern Afghanistan, offers a unique opportunity to reconsider issues of audience, memory, and power in rupestral art. Found over 1,000 kilometers east of the nearest attested Sasanian rupestral relief, Rag-i Bibi is geographically and iconographically distinct, displaying elements of local subject matter, artistic style, and political symbolism. Through comparison to reliefs in the Sasanian west and local artistic traditions, the stylistics and location of Rag-i Bibi are mobilized to offer a perspective that characterizes this relief as the product of Sasanian Persia and the local artistic traditions of Bactria, actively designed to appeal to a diverse audience. This perspective builds upon previous readings of Rag-i Bibi as a conventional marker of political power, arguing instead for its role as mediating between local, regional, and international audiences.
AB - The Sasanian rock-cut relief of Rag-i Bibi, located in northern Afghanistan, offers a unique opportunity to reconsider issues of audience, memory, and power in rupestral art. Found over 1,000 kilometers east of the nearest attested Sasanian rupestral relief, Rag-i Bibi is geographically and iconographically distinct, displaying elements of local subject matter, artistic style, and political symbolism. Through comparison to reliefs in the Sasanian west and local artistic traditions, the stylistics and location of Rag-i Bibi are mobilized to offer a perspective that characterizes this relief as the product of Sasanian Persia and the local artistic traditions of Bactria, actively designed to appeal to a diverse audience. This perspective builds upon previous readings of Rag-i Bibi as a conventional marker of political power, arguing instead for its role as mediating between local, regional, and international audiences.
KW - Afghanistan
KW - Audience
KW - Rag-i Bibi
KW - Rock Reliefs
KW - Sasanian
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100583626&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3366/afg.2019.0037
DO - 10.3366/afg.2019.0037
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85100583626
VL - 2
SP - 233
EP - 260
JO - Afghanistan
JF - Afghanistan
SN - 2399-357X
IS - 2
ER -
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