Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 85
perished. Assyrian Ornament: Origins and Motives. Assyrian decoration depended largely on naturalisticrepresentation: human figures, bulls, lions and otheranimals appear frequently, not merely in the greatsculptured pictures on the alabaster wainscot of palacehalls, but in the subordinate… … FiG. 69. AssYRiAX Ornament Motives. nizably Egyptian. Another class of motives are indispute, but two facts seem clear: first, that the As-syrians originated little in the way of decorative motives;and, secondly, that whatever they borrowed underwent atransformation into something that is purely…
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