The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 151
of the room quite out ofscale. On the other hand, these monsters must havebeen very effective when used on the outside of an vym y Fig. 32.—AnAssyrian sphinx. f28 ASSYRIAN STYLE AND WESTERN ASIA. edifice, and arc more typical of Assyrian work thanalmost any other form of decoration. A peculiarityto… … I [<;. 33.—An Assyrian sphinx. prising sculptor has added another leg for the sakeof the side view, making five legs in all (see Figs. 32and 33). The palace of Sennacherib, Sargons son, wassituated in the oldest pari of Nineveh, correspondingto La Cite in Paris, and called to-day Koyunjik. It…
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