Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 224
theEgyptian column has never more than sixteen, and theGreek from sixteen to twenty-four. The great charac-teristic of the Persian column is its slender and airyappearance. At Persepolis the total height is twelve ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA. 203 diameters of its shaft. Some are even more slenderthan… … i T ELrvve - c Fig. 260.—Enamelled Ornament on Bricks from Susa. Drawn by Gautier. (P. & C.) there is not much of the ancient Persian ornament anddecoration that does not strongly partake of foreigninfluences. The upright support of the royal throne (Fig.256) is distinctly Assyrian in feeling,…
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