The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 42
syrianorigin, but a delicacy of drawing anda sobriety of motive due to theproximity, if not to the direct interven-tion, of Greek art. Bas-reliefs, statues, and jewels of apeculiar style, bearing inscriptions asyet indecipherable, have been dis-covered in the vast region lyingbetween Northern Syria… … FIG. 31.—CHALDEAN TEMPLE. (Reconstructed by Ch. Cliipiez.) 23 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES FIG 32.—ARCHERS FROM THEPALACE AT SUSA. (Frieze of enamelled brick, inthe Louvre.) and who seem to have founded an em-pire in Asia between 1300 and 600 B.C.Hittite art is saturated with…
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