Produced by Paul Dring, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) A HISTORY OF ART IN CHALDAEA & 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. [Illustration] 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 CHALDAEO-ASSYRIAN CIVILIZATION. PAGE Sec. 1. Situation and Boundaries of Chaldaea and Assyria 1-8 Sec. 2. Nature in the Basin of the Euphrates and Tigris 8-13 Sec. 3. The Primitive Elements of the Population 13-21 Sec. 4. The Wedges 21-33 Sec. 5. The History of Chaldaea and Assyria 33-55 Sec. 6. The Chaldaean Religion 55-89 Sec. 7. The People and Government 89-113 CHAPTER II. THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDAEO-ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. Sec. 1. Materials 114-126 Sec. 2. The General Principles of Form 126-146 Sec. 3. Construction 146-200 Sec. 4. The Column 200-221 Sec. 5. The Arch 221-236 Sec. 6. Secondary Forms 236-260 Sec. 7. Decoration 260-311 Sec. 8. On the Orientation of Buildings and Foundation Ceremonies 311-322 Sec. 9. Mechanical Resources 322-326