Les bas-reliefs des palais assyriens. Portraits de rois du Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Proche et Moyen Orient dealers and collectors

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Louvre Collection “Cabinet of Drawings”

Les bas-reliefs des palais assyriens. Portraits de rois du Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Proche et Moyen Orient dealers and collectorsThis book offers a new analysis of the bas reliefs of Neo Assyrian palaces from the 1st millennium BC. It combines a spatial analysis, based on the 3D reconstruction of the royal palaces allowing the resituation of the images in the architecture, and a semiological analysis. The analysis of the structure of these images, coupled with a semantic study of the texts associated with them, shows that these two media form portraits of both royalty and kings.