The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 41
FIG. 27 ASSYRIAN HER-CULES. (The Louvre.) 21 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES genii, sometimes mighty bulls withhuman faces, guarding the entrances … FIG. 28.—ASSYRIAN WINGED BULL. (The Louvre.) of palaces (Fig. 28), sometimes eagle-headed monsters performing some sortof ritual on either side of a sacredtree. The goddesses who figure sofrequently on the cylinders, never ap-pear in the bas-reliefs, where, indeed,female figures are rarely to be…
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