Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 173
mp; C.) 52 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. origin of the Ionic volute capital of the Greeks, The smalland beautifully carv^ed sphinx (Fig. 203) is one of themany Egyptian ivories that had found its way to Assyria,and is immeasurably superior in workmanship to any ofthe Assyrian carvings. It may be remarked here… … Fig. 203.—Ivorv Fragment in Britisii Museum ; Actual Size. Drawn by Gautier. (P. & C.) in expressing intense life, virilit}^ and movement, espe-cially in the representation of animals, he was superior tothe Egyptian artist. There is one important product of Assyrian art thatdeserves notice—the…
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