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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 270

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188). Speaking generally, the sculptors of Assurbanipal were thepupils of those of Sennacherib, with, perhaps, a larger endowmentof taste and skill. Under them Assyrian art aimed higher thanever before. It was fascinated by movement, and endeavoured torender its accidents and unforeseen turns. From…

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