Manual of Oriental Antiquities
by Ernest Babelon
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About this eBook
- Author
- Babelon, Ernest, 1854-1924
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- N: Fine Arts
- Subject
- Art, Asian
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50626
- Release Date
- December 5, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MANUAL OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES.
- 5.CHAPTER I. CHALDÆAN ART. — I. Architecture. — II. Statues and Bas-reliefs. — III. Minor Sculpture and the Industrial Arts. — IV. Chaldæan Seal-engraving. [27]
- 6.CHAPTER II. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. — § I. Principles of Construction. — § II. Palaces. — § III. Temples and Staged Towers. — § IV. Towns and their Fortifications.
- 7.CHAPTER III. ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. — § I. Statues, Stelæ, and Obelisks. — § II. Bas-Reliefs. — § III. Painting and Enamelling.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. INDUSTRIAL ARTS. — § I. Ceramics. — § II. Metals. — § III. Wood and Ivory. — § IV. Leather and Stuffs. — § V. Ornaments and Cylindrical Seals.
- 9.CHAPTER V. PERSIAN ART. — § I. Civil Architecture. — § II. Sculpture. — § III. Painting and Enamelling . — § IV. Religious and Sepulchral Monuments. — § V. Engraved Gems and Ornaments.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE HITTITES. [65] — § I. Hittite Monuments in Syria. — § II. Hittite Monuments in Cappadocia. — § III. Hittite Monuments in Asia Minor.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. JEWISH ART. — § I. The Temple of Jerusalem. — § II. The Decoration and Furniture of the Temple. — § III. Civil Architecture. — § IV. Tombs.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. PHŒNICIAN AND CYPRIOTE ART. — § I. Temples. — § II. Civil Architecture. — § III. Tombs. — § IV. Phœnician Sculpture. — § V. Cypriote Sculpture. — § VI. Phœnician and Cypriote Ceramics. — § VII. Phœnician Glass. — § VIII. Bronzes and Ornaments. — § IX. Engraved Gems.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. ARCHÆOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AT SUSA. — § I. M. de Morgan’s Mission in Susiana . — § II. Chronology of the Ruins according to Recent Discoveries. — § III. The Principles of Building. — § IV. Stone Sculpture . — § V. Bronze Metal-Work. — § VI. Jewellery and the Industrial Arts.
- 14.INDEX.
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