Word: secularism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...western part of the cellar contained the Parthenon and the Opisthodomos. Here was the state treasury and civic offices, The treasury was in charge of two boards of officers-a religious and a secular board...
...work of the Egypt Exploration Fund Society is now recognized in Europe and America as of great importance. The results of the explorations and researches, conducted at comparatively little expense, are shedding light on secular and biblical history, on the sciences, arts and industries of past ages, and particularly on the early sources of Greek art. In order to deepen the interest in this work, and to create an interest in the cause as well, a public meeting will be held in Boston on the afternoon of April 19, at which the Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D. D., of Cambridge, will...
...Dwight Hall reading room at Yale. the secular papers are removed on Sunday...
...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 by the Assyrians is their characteristic in works...
...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. Bronze...