Word: arts
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...Introductory. - (1) The state of knowledge about the history, language and art of Babylonia and Assyria before this century...
...late it has become usual to form great generalisations about the origin of art, and the danger of following them in scientific research is that the student will leave the really important things that are at his door unexamined, while he follows out a theory that fletters his vanity and gives unbounded sway to his imagination and to his ingenuity. The safest method therefore is to base our observations and draw our conclusions from the actual historical facts at our disposal...
Assyrian Language and Art. First Lecture. Professor Arthur L. Frothingham, of Princeton College. Upper Boylston...
Assyrian Language and Art. Prof. Frothingham. Upper Boylston...
...various branches cultivated by the non-Shemites and the Shemites. The earliest hymns and incantations. Religious and historical writings. Preservations by the Assyrians of the ancient literature. Libraries in Babylonian cities and Assyrian palaces. Great importance of literary sources for a knowledge of the history and character of Assyrian art...