. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Representations of a winged deity, supposed to be the god Asshur, the dei-fied patriarch of Assyria.—(From Layard.) eagle (Cherub), may have been suggested by theeagle-headed idols, and man-headed bulls and lions,and the sacred emblem of the wheel within wheel,by the winged circle or globe frequently representedin the bas-reliefs.—Arts. The origin of Assyrianart is a subject at present involved in mystery, andone which offers a wide field for speculation and re-search. Those who derive the civilization and po-litical system of the Assyrians from Baby
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Representations of a winged deity, supposed to be the god Asshur, the dei-fied patriarch of Assyria.—(From Layard.) eagle (Cherub), may have been suggested by theeagle-headed idols, and man-headed bulls and lions,and the sacred emblem of the wheel within wheel,by the winged circle or globe frequently representedin the bas-reliefs.—Arts. The origin of Assyrianart is a subject at present involved in mystery, andone which offers a wide field for speculation and re-search. Those who derive the civilization and po-litical system of the Assyrians from Babylonia wouldtrace their arts to the same source. One of theprincipal features of their architecture, the artificialplatform serving as a substructure for their nationaledifices, may have been taken from a people inhab- iting plains perfectly flat, such as those of Shinar,rather than an undulating country in which naturalelevations are not uncommon, such as AssyriaProper. But it still remains to be proved that. Winged Globe.—(From Layard.) there are artificial mounds in Babylonia of an earlierdate than mounds on or near the site of other leading features and the details ofAssyrian architecture came from the same source,is much more open to doubt. In none of the artsof the Assyrians have any traces hitherto been foundof progressive change. In the architecture of themost ancient known edifice all the characteristicsof the style are already fully developed ; no newfeatures of any importance seem to have been intro-duced at a later period. In sculpture, as probablyin painting also, if we possessed the means of com-parison, the same thing is observable as in the re-mains of ancient Egypt. The earliest works hithertodiscovered show the result of a lengthened periodof gradual development, which, judging from theslow progress made by untutored man in the arts,must have extended over a vast number of exhibit the arts of the Assyrians at the higheststage of
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