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...Assyrian Art. Fourth lecture. Prof. Arthur L. Frothingham, of Princeton College. Upper Boylston...
Last evening Prof. Frothingham delivered the third of the series of lectures on Assyrian Archaeology. The beginning of Babylonian art can be traced to the earliest historical period of Babylon, about 4000 B. C. From that period on we possess inscriptions for nearly every century from colossal temples and statues. Northern Babylonia was the first art centre, but in the third milennium Ur, in Southern Babylonia became the centre. There came a third period when the North was again the seat of artisti life, which gradually declined in vigor up to the capture of Babylon by the Assyrians. There...
...monumental sculpture in early forms shows a strong resemblance to the Egyptian, particularity in the shape of the heads, thus leading us to infer that the art is not Semitic. The basreliefs, particularly the bronze cylinders representing battle scenes and religious worship are numerous, and of great interest. The Assyrian archaeology must be distinguished from the Babylonian, though they are often confused. The Assyrian proper is of much later date, and deals with more secular subjects. A long series of bas reliefs representing a battle of the Assyrians against the Elamites is especially noteworthy. The attention paid to details...
...ASSYRIAN ARCHAEOLOGY.During this month Professor A. L. Frothingham of Princeton delivers a series of five lectures on Assyrian Archaeology. The remaining dates fixed are the 18th, 24th, and 26th. The lectures will be given in upper Boylston and will be illustrated with stereopticon views. The public are invited. The following is a detailed programme of the third and fourth lectures...
...Their great temples, sculpture and decoration. Characteristics of this art: was it in part Shemitic? Metal-work, especially bronze: enamelling: cylinders. Correspondence of types of Egyptian sculpture of early dynastics with some Babylonian sculpture, especially that of the recent discoveries at Tel-Loh. Distinctive marks of Babylonian and Assyrian art. Secular character of the latter. History of Assyrian art. The great cities of Assur (Kileh-Shergat), Ninevah and Calah; their palaces and temples. The Assyrian palace: its construction and plan; its sculptural and pictorial decoration. The vault, the arch, the column, the capital. Historical sculptures and enamelled bricks. Religious sculpture...