The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . of theMuseum authorities, free access to the drawings hasbeen allowed for the purposes of the present work,which will thus have the advantage of being illustratedfrom both sources. Vegetable forms are, on the whole, somewhat rare. * See below, chapter ix. There is ! when the slabs were freshly ex-reason to believe that the Eusebian i humed, often preserve features whichdate for Gyges ( 698 to 662) have disappeared during the trans-is mor
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . of theMuseum authorities, free access to the drawings hasbeen allowed for the purposes of the present work,which will thus have the advantage of being illustratedfrom both sources. Vegetable forms are, on the whole, somewhat rare. * See below, chapter ix. There is ! when the slabs were freshly ex-reason to believe that the Eusebian i humed, often preserve features whichdate for Gyges ( 698 to 662) have disappeared during the trans-is more correct than the Herodotean port of the originals and their to 686. | paration for exhibition, being taken I Chap. VI. BAS-RELIEFS OF THE THIRD PERIOD. 439 The artists have rehnquished the design of represent-ing scenes with perfect truthfulness, and have recurredas a general rule, to the plain backgrounds of the firstperiod. This is particularly the case in the hunting-scenes, which are seldom accompanied by any land-scape. In processional and military scenes landscapeis introduced, but sparingly; the forms, for the most. Vine trained on a fir (?), from the North Palace, Kovunjik. 440 THE SECOND MONAECHY. Chap. VI. part, resembling those of the second period.^ Nowand then, however, in such scenes the landscape hasbeen made the object of sj^ecial attention, becomingthe prominent part, while the human figures areaccessories. It is here that an advance in art is par-ticularly discernible. In one set of slabs a gardenseems to be represented. Vines are trained upontrees, which may be either firs or cypresses, winding elegantly around theirE\ stems, and on eitherside letting fall theirpendant branches ladenwith fruit. Leaves,branches, and tendrilsare delineated withequal truth and finish,a most pleasing andgraceful effect beingthereby produced. Ir-regularly among thetrees occur groups oflilies, some in bud,some in full blow, allnatural, graceful, andspirited. It
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