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Relief subjects and themes Syrian archi- tecture Phoenician and Israelite architec- ture Influences on. from later buildings , such as Sargon II's palace at Khor- sabad , the individual sculptured figures reach a height of nine feet ...
Relief subjects and themes Syrian archi- tecture Phoenician and Israelite architec- ture Influences on. from later buildings , such as Sargon II's palace at Khor- sabad , the individual sculptured figures reach a height of nine feet ...
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... relief showing the investiture in AD 226 of Ardashir I at Naqsh - e Rostam , Persia ( Iran ) . Naqsh - e Rostam ( Figure 27 ) and the Royal Hunt relief at Taq - e Bostan . In the first , the king and his god , both mounted on horseback ...
... relief showing the investiture in AD 226 of Ardashir I at Naqsh - e Rostam , Persia ( Iran ) . Naqsh - e Rostam ( Figure 27 ) and the Royal Hunt relief at Taq - e Bostan . In the first , the king and his god , both mounted on horseback ...
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... relief under the niche occupied by " St. George , " Donatello introduced another great innovation that was to have unlimited repercussions in Florentine art . Relief has always been a problem for sculptors because it must follow a ...
... relief under the niche occupied by " St. George , " Donatello introduced another great innovation that was to have unlimited repercussions in Florentine art . Relief has always been a problem for sculptors because it must follow a ...
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