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WESTERN ASIATIC ARCHITECTURE.
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slabs and coloured surfaces took their place. At Persepolis
the bead and hollow may be noticed in the columns, while
the volutes of the capital are treated with plain sinkings.
g. Decoration.—It is from the decorative treatment of
Assyrian architecture that we can trace much of the peculiar
and characteristic detail used by the Greeks. On the
sculptured slabs already mentioned at Koyunjik (Nineveh),
two miles of which were uncovered, are represented build-
ings with columns and capitals of Ionic and Corinthian form
in embryo.
Further, we may say with some certainty that Greece
took from Assyria the idea of the sculptured friezes, the
coloured decorations, and the honeysuckle and guilloche
ornaments; the latter may be seen in a pavement slab from
the palace at Koyunjik, now in the British Museum.
The Corinthian column, as mentioned, seems probably to
have been derived from Egypt and Assyria. From Asia
Minor Greece took the Ionic column—a prototype being
also seen at Persepolis—perfecting it with that consummate
skill and grace with which she transformed her borrowings.
From Egypt, it is considered by some, that Greece took the
Doric order, as exemplified in the Tomb of Beni-Hassan,
and in the Temple of Deir-el-Bahari, on the Nile !
5. REFERENCE BOOKS.
Perrot and Chipiez, “ History of Art in Chaldsea and
Assyria.”
Charles Texier, “Description de l’Armenie, la Perse,
et la Mesopotamie.”
A. H. Layard, “ Nineveh and its Palaces.”
“ Chaldea,” by Z. A. Ragozin. (A most interesting
account of the people and their history.)
M. Victor Place, “ Assyrie.”
Flandin and Coste’s “Voyage en Perse.”
“ Sarchedon,” by Whyte Melville. (Historical Novel.)
A visit to the Assyrian Galleries and basement of the
British Museum will afford much interest and information
to the student. Such a visit will impress him with the
dignity and importance of the style.
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slabs and coloured surfaces took their place. At Persepolis
the bead and hollow may be noticed in the columns, while
the volutes of the capital are treated with plain sinkings.
g. Decoration.—It is from the decorative treatment of
Assyrian architecture that we can trace much of the peculiar
and characteristic detail used by the Greeks. On the
sculptured slabs already mentioned at Koyunjik (Nineveh),
two miles of which were uncovered, are represented build-
ings with columns and capitals of Ionic and Corinthian form
in embryo.
Further, we may say with some certainty that Greece
took from Assyria the idea of the sculptured friezes, the
coloured decorations, and the honeysuckle and guilloche
ornaments; the latter may be seen in a pavement slab from
the palace at Koyunjik, now in the British Museum.
The Corinthian column, as mentioned, seems probably to
have been derived from Egypt and Assyria. From Asia
Minor Greece took the Ionic column—a prototype being
also seen at Persepolis—perfecting it with that consummate
skill and grace with which she transformed her borrowings.
From Egypt, it is considered by some, that Greece took the
Doric order, as exemplified in the Tomb of Beni-Hassan,
and in the Temple of Deir-el-Bahari, on the Nile !
5. REFERENCE BOOKS.
Perrot and Chipiez, “ History of Art in Chaldsea and
Assyria.”
Charles Texier, “Description de l’Armenie, la Perse,
et la Mesopotamie.”
A. H. Layard, “ Nineveh and its Palaces.”
“ Chaldea,” by Z. A. Ragozin. (A most interesting
account of the people and their history.)
M. Victor Place, “ Assyrie.”
Flandin and Coste’s “Voyage en Perse.”
“ Sarchedon,” by Whyte Melville. (Historical Novel.)
A visit to the Assyrian Galleries and basement of the
British Museum will afford much interest and information
to the student. Such a visit will impress him with the
dignity and importance of the style.