TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Ernest Babelon
CHAPTER I.
CHALDÆAN ART.
PAGE
§ 1.
Architecture
3
§ 2.
Statues and Bas-reliefs
22
§ 3.
Minor Sculpture and the Industrial Arts
35
§ 4.
Engraved Seals
44
CHAPTER II.
ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.
§ 1.
The Principles of Building
52
§ 2.
Palaces
66
§ 3.
Temples and Staged Towers
72
§ 4.
Towns and their Fortifications
79
CHAPTER III.
ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.
§ 1.
Statues, StelÆ, Obelisks
85
§ 2.
Bas-reliefs
91
§ 3.
Painting and Enamelling
114
CHAPTER IV.
THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN ASSYRIA.
§ 1.
Ceramics
121
§ 2.
Metals
125
§ 3.
Wood and Ivory
134
§ 4.
Leather and Textiles
138
§ 5.
Ornaments and Seals
142
CHAPTER V.
PERSIAN ART.
§ 1.
Civil Architecture
147
§ 2.
Sculpture
159
§ 3.
Painting and Enamelling
167
§ 4.
Religious and Sepulchral Monuments
172
§ 5.
Engraved Stones and Ornaments
180
CHAPTER VI.
THE HITTITES.
§ 1.
Hittite Monuments in Syria
186
§ 2.
Hittite Monuments in Cappadocia
191
§ 3.
Hittite Monuments in Asia Minor
199
CHAPTER VII.
JEWISH ART.
§ 1.
The Temple of Jerusalem
205
§ 2.
The Decoration and Furniture of the Temple
223
§ 3.
Civil Architecture
230
§ 4.
Tombs
233
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ART OF PHŒNICIA AND CYPRUS.
§ 1.
Temples
239
§ 2.
Civil Architecture
246
§ 3.
Tombs
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