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 430
s. The artizanfollowed the example of the sculptor; he gave his attentionto the bas-relief and it repaid his trouble. Among the figuressprinkled with so lavish a hand over stone and wood, ivory andmetal, some were traced with the point or engraved in intaglio ;others were beaten up with the hammer… … Fig. 261.—Egypti;>n mirror, acuia! f\zo. Louvre. Dr.iMii liy Snirit-Elme Gaulicr. CO-MTARISON HETWEEN EgYPT AND ChALDtEA. 393 in the round. No suspicion of the ucalth of suggestion latentespecially in the latter, seems to have dawned upon the Assyrianmind. If we except a few terra-cotta…
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