De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 64
nct buildings upon theplatform; four on the central terrace. These buildings are the palaces of Darius, Xerxes, andArtaxerxes III., the Hall of Audience, and the EasternEdifice. PERSIAN ART 35 Type of Building The type of all the buildings is very much the same. Asquare hall with a roof supported… … DETAILS OF PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE Marble Columns—the Bases and Shafts Reflecting Egyptian and Greek-Ionic Influences; the Capitals Persian and Designed to Supportthe Timber-beams of the Roof guarded by huge bulls strikingly like those of Assyria. Itis interesting to notice that at Persepolis we have…
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