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Page 268
... followed the con- ventions current in Mesopotamia . One interesting.excep- tion is a type of carved steatite bowl , at first thought to be an Elamite product but since found at sites as far apart as Mari on the Euphrates and Mohenjo ...
... followed the con- ventions current in Mesopotamia . One interesting.excep- tion is a type of carved steatite bowl , at first thought to be an Elamite product but since found at sites as far apart as Mari on the Euphrates and Mohenjo ...
Page 307
... followed the influence of the cap- ital . Forms evolved by about AD 140 were followed con- ventionally for the next 50 years ( and longer ) , but from about AD 200 to the age of Constantine , there was a growing trend toward increased ...
... followed the influence of the cap- ital . Forms evolved by about AD 140 were followed con- ventionally for the next 50 years ( and longer ) , but from about AD 200 to the age of Constantine , there was a growing trend toward increased ...
Page 433
... followed from Piranesi's workshop , among them the Antichità romane ( 1748 ) , the Carceri ( c . 1745 ) , Della magnificenza ed architettura de Romani ( 1764 ) , and the Parere su l'architettura ( 1764 ) . The first of a long and ...
... followed from Piranesi's workshop , among them the Antichità romane ( 1748 ) , the Carceri ( c . 1745 ) , Della magnificenza ed architettura de Romani ( 1764 ) , and the Parere su l'architettura ( 1764 ) . The first of a long and ...
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