A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2) Georges Perrot
A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2) Georges Perrot
History Book language: English 345 pages A scholarly art history of ancient Chaldæa and Assyria, here in its first volume. Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez survey the region’s geography, peoples, cuneiform writing, religion, government, and the broad principles of its art. It is a rich, illustrated introduction for anyone curious about early Mesopotamian civilization.
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Opening of the book 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. I.
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
WALTER ARMSTRONG, B.A., Oxon.,
AUTHOR OF "ALFRED STEVENS," ETC.
Lions head
London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited.
New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.
1884.
London:
R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor,
BREAD STREET HILL.
PREFACE.
In face of the cordial reception given to the first two volumes of MM. Perrot and Chipiez's History of Ancient
Art, any words of introduction from me to this second instalment would be presumptuous. On my own part, however,
I may be allowed to express my gratitude for the approval vouchsafed to my humble share in the introduction of the
History of Art in Ancient Egypt to a new public, and to hope that nothing may be found in the following pages to change that approval into blame.
W. A.
October 10, 1883.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDÆO-ASSYRIAN CIVILIZATION.
PAGE
§ 1. Situation and Boundaries of Chaldæa and
Assyria
1-8
§ 2. Nature in the Basin of the Euphrates and
Tigris
8-13
§ 3. The Primitive Elements of the Population 13-21
§ 4. The Wedges
21-33
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