e of the two heroes ; theirmuscular development is given with frankness but withoutexaggeration ; the treatment generally is free and broad. Between this cylinder and the one quoted on the last pageas among the masterpieces of Ninevite art, there is the samedifference as between the statues of… … k^^ùfù/^ -vW&&iS Fig. 142.—Chaldaean cylinder. Marble or porphyry. New York Museum. manipulate precious stones with such ease and dexterity as theartist of Sargon or Sennacherib who made the cylinder in theBritish Museum, but he had the true feeling for life and formin a far higher degree.…
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