William Morris to Whistler; papers and addresses on art and craft and the commonweal (1911)
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell & Sons ltd. · leaf 206
M.!\n )iV i/il (III Mil /)!( Ill) UU \<iv \n( _iw There is a considerable resemblance in treat-ment between the Assyrian lion in sculpture andthe lion of ancient Persia as he appears at the 188 … 189 NOTES ON TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN ARTpalace of Susa, though, heightened with enamel,the latter acquires a certain decorative and dis-tinctive ferocity. A lion from a Theban bas-reliefshows the simpler and more abstract treatment ofEgyptian art. This Perso-/\ssyrian type of lion might almostbe…
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