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... ture Syro-. NE N BC , the frontiers of Assyria were extended to include the greater part of northern Mesopotamia , and , in the city of Ashur itself , excavations have revealed the fortifica- tions and public buildings constructed or ...
... ture Syro-. NE N BC , the frontiers of Assyria were extended to include the greater part of northern Mesopotamia , and , in the city of Ashur itself , excavations have revealed the fortifica- tions and public buildings constructed or ...
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... ture especially by the facial types and the methods of constructing pictorial relief compositions ( Figure 146 ) . Nevertheless , his reliefs resemble 13th - century sculpture , particularly in the handling of the drapery . Moreover ...
... ture especially by the facial types and the methods of constructing pictorial relief compositions ( Figure 146 ) . Nevertheless , his reliefs resemble 13th - century sculpture , particularly in the handling of the drapery . Moreover ...
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... ture " ) and the Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier fran- çaise ( 1858-75 ; " Analytical Dictionary of French Furni- ture " ) , together running into 16 volumes , he provided the vital visual and intellectual inspiration required to ...
... ture " ) and the Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier fran- çaise ( 1858-75 ; " Analytical Dictionary of French Furni- ture " ) , together running into 16 volumes , he provided the vital visual and intellectual inspiration required to ...
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