A HISTORY OF ART IN CHALDÆA AND ASSYRIA. 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. II._ 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. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. PAGE § 1. General Character of the Mesopotamian Palace and History of the Excavations 1–8 § 2. The Palace of Sargon 9–32 § 3. Other Palaces of Mesopotamia 32–53 § 4. Towns and their Defences 53–77 CHAPTER II. SCULPTURE. § 1. The principal themes of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture 78–109 § 2. Materials 109–125 § 3. The Principal Conventions of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture 125–142 § 4. On the Representations of Animals 142–173 § 5. Chaldæan Sculpture 173–202 § 6. Assyrian Sculpture 203–243 § 7. Polychromy 243–250 § 8. Gems 251–280 § 9. The General Characteristics of Chaldæo-Assyrian Sculpture 281–291 CHAPTER III. PAINTING 292–297 CHAPTER IV. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. § 1. Ceramics 298–308 § 2. Metallurgy 308–313 § 3. Furniture 313–324