Author: James FergussonPublisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored
Author: James FergussonPublisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored
Author: James FergussonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Assyro-Babylonian
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored; an Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture Volume 5
Author: James FergussonPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230328201
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ... obtained regarding the history and arts of that people, that before was entirely hid from us, and which even now suffices to give us very clear and certain notions of what and who that people were, and of what they actually performed, as well as what they aspired to do. But scarcely less important than the knowledge of what has been done, is the certainty we acquire that the path is clear for the completion of what still remains to be accomplished; so that it is only a question of time as to how long it will take before all these Assyrian inscriptions--and they already fill volumes--will be as available to the artist or the historical inquirer, as are any of those that have come down to us from the ages of Greek or Roman antiquity. chronology. There is nothing more essential in an inquiry like the present, than to obtain as clear ideas as may be possible of the chronology of the objects about to be discussed, not only relatively to one another, but also, if possible, to ascertain the exact period that elapsed between the age of one and that of another; without this, all reasoning is vague and unsatisfactory in the extreme; and it is impossible either to understand what one sees, or to derive from it that instruction which a knowledge of its position in a series most inevitably conveys. By far the most important result obtained in Egypt, by the translation of the hieroglyphics, has been precisely this, that it has enabled us to classify the monuments, --to see how one building and one style grew out of another, --and in what mode the national mind expressed itself at the various epochs with which we are now familiar. This being accomplished, Egypt takes her place at once in the world's history; and any one who knows her chronology can read.
The Palaces of Niniveh and Persepolis Restored
Author: James FergussonThe Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis
Author: James FergussonThe Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: an Essay on Ancient Assyriun and Persian Architecture
Author: FERGUSSON (J.)The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored
Author: James FergussonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781359883063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored
Author: James FergussonNineveh and Persepolis
Author: William Sandys Wright VauxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assyria
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Inside an Ancient Assyrian Palace
Author: Ada CohenPublisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1611689988
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria, a land theretofore known only from the Bible, it was published by the most famous among early excavators of Assyrian ruins, Austen Henry Layard. Over time and despite criticisms, the picture has shaped the understanding and reception of ancient Mesopotamian architecture and architectural decoration. Inside an Ancient Assyrian Palace studies this influential image in depth, both at the time of its creation in London in the eventful year 1848 and in terms of its afterlife. A hidden inscription reveals unsuspected contributions by the renowned architect-designer Owen Jones and his colleague the architect-Egyptologist Joseph Bonomi. Also unexpected is the involvement of an enigmatic German artist who later emigrated to America and whose previous career in Europe had been lost to scholarship. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of art history and the ancient Near East. It will also be of relevance to museum visitors and others interested in the ancient world in general, in the art of the nineteenth century, and in design and historical reconstruction.