TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHALDÆAN ART. PAGE § 1. ARCHITECTURE 3 § 2. STATUES AND BAS-RELIEFS 22 § 3. MINOR SCULPTURE AND THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS 35 § 4. ENGRAVED SEALS 44 CHAPTER II. ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. § 1. THE PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING 52 § 2. PALACES 66 § 3. TEMPLES AND STAGED TOWERS 72 § 4. TOWNS AND THEIR FORTIFICATIONS 79 CHAPTER III. ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. § 1. STATUES, STELÆ, OBELISKS 85 § 2. BAS-RELIEFS 91 § 3. PAINTING AND ENAMELLING 114 CHAPTER IV. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN ASSYRIA. § 1. CERAMICS 121 § 2. METALS 125 § 3. WOOD AND IVORY 134 § 4. LEATHER AND TEXTILES 138 § 5. ORNAMENTS AND SEALS 142 CHAPTER V. PERSIAN ART. § 1. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE 147 § 2. SCULPTURE 159 § 3. PAINTING AND ENAMELLING 167 § 4. RELIGIOUS AND SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS 172 § 5. ENGRAVED STONES AND ORNAMENTS 180 CHAPTER VI. THE HITTITES. § 1. HITTITE MONUMENTS IN SYRIA 186 § 2. HITTITE MONUMENTS IN CAPPADOCIA 191 § 3. HITTITE MONUMENTS IN ASIA MINOR 199 CHAPTER VII. JEWISH ART. § 1. THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM 205 § 2. THE DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF THE TEMPLE 223 § 3. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE 230 § 4. TOMBS 233 CHAPTER VIII. THE ART OF PHŒNICIA AND CYPRUS.