{"product_id":"art-and-immortality-in-the-ancient-near-east-9781107154957","title":"Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere has been a renewed scholarly interest in apocalyptic thought in the ancient Near East. This book probes the visual dimensions and implications of this inquiry, which are otherwise missing in the fields of art history and ancient Near Eastern studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; 1. The 'investiture' painting from Mari; 2. The iconographic analysis of the Mari painting; 3. The flood myth as paradigm; 4. The semantics of the frame of running spirals; 5. Implications of sacral time and eschatology; 6. The royal destiny: the 'garden scene' of Ashurbanipal revisited.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186718531927,"sku":"9781107154957","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/art-and-immortality-in-the-ancient-near-east-9781107154957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}