Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 95
CHALDEA AND ASSYRIA in enameled earthenware tiles. The griffin (Fig. 73), a monster with a lion’s or panther’s body and the head and wings of an eagle, plays an important part in this decorative system of religious symbolism. It probably originated in Chaldea, and spread thence through West¬ ern… … Fig. 73. Griffin or Monster, from a Relief. years. In naturalistic pictures the forms and action of animals were rendered often with surprising realism ; but these belong in the field of pictorial relief sculpture rather than of ornament. Colors and Technic. The Assyrian technic in the…
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