A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 132
metime more vigorous in what might be called graphic sculpture,and truer in imitation of nature than Egyptian, which rarelyattempted action in the figure or facial expression. Thereis, however, no alliance between the two styles, and there wasnever likely to be, as the Assyrians were not a people… … pHi ■< << <m o H CO H H ;^W S w -«o o d NO ASSYRIAN SEPULCHRAL STATUES. 109 and abstract ideas, but of facts, circumstances, and action. Theythought of the present glory, and did not trouble themselvesabout the future. The same characteristics will partly accountfor the absence of any…
Sculpture, Ancient
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