Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 222
Persepolis. (F.C.) (P. & C.) Persians may certainly be credited with developing thesupposed idea into something wonderfully unique andinteresting as a capital. 1*116 name Zoophoros (life-bearing) ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA. 201 has been given to it. Parrot and Chipiez (from whomthe illustrations are… … Fig. 258.—Crowning Wall of Staiicase, Palace of Xerxes, Persepolis. ment, for there is nothing in Egyptian ornament thatcomes so near it as the animals of the Assyrian standard,as regards position, but the supposed resemblance of ideaeven is not very clear in this case. The base of the Persian…
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