in Assyrianart; she was represented, if at all, only by her robes. In the 1 See above, page 98. 2 La yard, Monuments, first series, plate 7. VOL. II. P P 290 A History of Art in Chald.ea and Assyria. long series of reliefs you find none of the charming varietygiven to Egyptian art by the slender… … Fig. 162.—Figure of a goddess. British Museum. Dravra by Wallet. of all its merits, the art of the Assyrian sculptor is far fromcomplete. His neglect of the soft nobleness inherent in thebeauty of woman deprived him of a precious resource ; hisworks are without the telling contrasts that nature has…
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