and Assyria. art, an art that must have reached its apogee in the days ofXabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar. Speaking broadly, we canshow nothing produced by the sculptors, painters, and ornamentistswho were employed on the decoration of those great buildingswhich even the Jewish prophets could not… … Tig. hi.—The Caillou Michaux, obverse. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. structures and of their rich adornment of enamels, frescoes, andsculptured figures ; and yet how great was their wonder ! Wecan hardly reflect without emotion upon what we have lost in greatworks in stone and metal carried out in…
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