The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 161
36), and others withboth (Fig. 37). It has been suggested that the Greek Ionic capi-tals were derived from these volutes, but it seems to 138 ASSYRIAN STYLE AND WESTERN ASIA. be more probable that they came indirectly from thecolonettes used at Nineveh (Fig. 40). With the conquest of Alexander… … I ii. 38.—Rock-cut Lycian tomb. Under tin- Sassanian kings, however, an Assyrianrenaissance took place, the most important elements ofwhich were Roman details and Assyrian construction. UNDER THE SASSANIAN KINGS. 139 The palaces Darbekr, Al Hadhr, Firouzabad, andTak Kesra are the best examples, and…
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