An outline history of sculpture for beginners and students, with complete indexes and numerous illustrations (1893)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, F.A. Stokes · leaf 24
ll figuresof animals in terra-cotta, principallydogs and ducks. But the large andsmall statues of the Assyrians aretheir most unimportant works insculpture. It is in their bas-reliefsthat their greatest excellence is seen,and in them alone their progress inart can be traced. This sort of sculp-ture… … Fig. io.—Statie of Sardanapalus I. Frotn Nimriid. ANCIENT SCULPTURE—ASSYRIA. 13 they told the history of their nation, and glorified theirkings ; they represented the domestic scenes which nowmake the subjects of genre pictures ; and even imitatedvegetables and fruits, as well as to reproduce…
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