6/29/2023 0 Comments Ludmila zeman gilgamesh![]() If anything, she could have gone even further into the style, breaking up the story into even more panels to emphasize the style of some carvings that were used to decorate temples and public buildings at the time when the Gilgamesh story was contemporary. Zeman could have chosen a multitude of styles for her artwork for this book, but it works so well to utilize the stylistic motifs from ancient Assyrian sculptures and friezes in this instance. I may have forgotten about much of the plot until this re-read, but the artwork was instantly recognizable and enigmatic. We got this story (and still have it) because we read anything and everything available in the myths and legends section, and its one that has struck strongly in my memories. Maybe these stories are more difficult to romanticize or the plots are just a bit too unfamiliar for most people to delve into. ![]() ![]() Myths and legends from cultures around the world are always a popular topic, but the focus still tends to be on the Greco-Roman traditions, with dashs of Egyptian, Chinese, and Eastern-European thrown in, and few go back far enough to touch on the stories of Gilgamesh. ![]() For all its critical aclaim, this book seems to have been one which slipped through the cracks with the general population, since very few people I know ran into it as a kid and I don't see it often in book stores or libraries. ![]()
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