Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 162
ur I., in the year 250, this appearing atShahpur, Darabgerd, and Nakhsh-i-Rustam (Fig. 71). It is remark-able that in these representations the artists did not only portraythe Romans, known to them by the prisoners of war, with theirpeculiar facial types, characteristic gestures and costumes, but… … Fig. 70.—Sassanian Monument at Takht-i-Gero. 126 PERSIA UNDER THE SASSANID^. Western models was in many ways quite as helpless and lackingin intelligence as had been the employment of Greek forms by theancient Persians. In other respects the style of Sassanian sculpture was basedupon that of the…
Art, Medieval
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