Chapter I: Front Matter

A HISTORY OF ART

IN

CHALDÆA AND ASSYRIA.

A HISTORY

OF

Art in Chaldæa & Assyria

FROM THE FRENCH
OF
GEORGES PERROT,
PROFESSOR IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, PARIS; MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE,
AND
CHARLES CHIPIEZ.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT
AND FIFTEEN STEEL AND COLOURED PLATES.

_IN TWO VOLUMES.---VOL. II._

TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
WALTER ARMSTRONG, B.A., OXON.,
AUTHOR OF “ALFRED STEVENS,” ETC.

London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED.
New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.
1884.

London:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR,
BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE.
PAGE

§ 1. General Character of the Mesopotamian Palace and
History of the Excavations 1–8

§ 2. The Palace of Sargon 9–32

§ 3. Other Palaces of Mesopotamia 32–53

§ 4. Towns and their Defences 53–77

CHAPTER II.

SCULPTURE.

§ 1. The principal themes of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture 78–109

§ 2. Materials 109–125

§ 3. The Principal Conventions of Chaldæo-Assyrian
Sculpture 125–142

§ 4. On the Representations of Animals 142–173

§ 5. Chaldæan Sculpture 173–202

§ 6. Assyrian Sculpture 203–243

§ 7. Polychromy 243–250

§ 8. Gems 251–280

§ 9. The General Characteristics of Chaldæo-Assyrian
Sculpture 281–291

CHAPTER III.

PAINTING 292–297

CHAPTER IV.

THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS.

§ 1. Ceramics 298–308

§ 2. Metallurgy 308–313

§ 3. Furniture 313–324

§ 4. Metal Dishes and Utensils 324–343

§ 5. Arms 343–349

§ 6. Instruments of the Toilet and Jewelry 349–363

§ 7. Textiles 363–372

§ 8. Commerce 372–374