A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: Charles Chipiez

by Charles Chipiez, Georges Perrot

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Paul Dring, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Release date

2009-02-14

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Babylonia -- Antiquities Art -- Iraq -- Babylonia Art -- Assyria -- History Assyria -- Antiquities

About the authors

Charles Chipiez

1835–1901

Best known for bringing ancient buildings back to life on the page, this 19th-century French architect and illustrator helped readers imagine lost worlds from Egypt to Persia. His detailed reconstructions, created with archaeologist Georges Perrot, made art history feel vivid and real.

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Georges Perrot

1832–1914

A leading French archaeologist and historian of ancient art, he helped bring the civilizations of Greece and the ancient Near East to a wider reading public. He is especially remembered for large, ambitious works that combined careful scholarship with vivid storytelling.

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