A HISTORY
OF
Art in Chaldæa & Assyria
FROM THE FRENCH
OF
GEORGES PERROT,
PROFESSOR IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, PARIS; MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE,
AND
CHARLES CHIPIEZ.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT
AND FIFTEEN STEEL AND COLOURED PLATES.
IN TWO VOLUMES.—-VOL. II.
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
WALTER ARMSTRONG, B.A., Oxon.,AUTHOR OF “ALFRED STEVENS,” ETC.
London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited.
New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.
1884.
London:
R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor,
BREAD STREET HILL.
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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. | |
| PAGE | |
| § 1. General Character of the Mesopotamian Palace and History of theExcavations | 1–8 |
| § 2. The Palace of Sargon | 9–32 |
| § 3. Other Palaces of Mesopotamia | 32–53 |
| § 4. Towns and their Defences | 53–77 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| SCULPTURE. | |
| § 1. The principal themes of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture | 78–109 |
| § 2. Materials | 109–125 |
| § 3. The Principal Conventions of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture | 125–142 |
| § 4. On the Representations of Animals | 142–173 |
| § 5. Chaldæan Sculpture | 173–202 |
| § 6. Assyrian Sculpture | 203–243 |
| § 7. Polychromy | 243–250 |
| § 8. Gems | 251–280 |
| § 9. The General Characteristics of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture | 281–291 |
| CHAPTER III. | |