Some
of this detail and some modifications in the figure showed the
influence of foreign nations other than the Greek; but, in the main,
Persian art followed in the footsteps of Assyrian art. It was the last
reflection of Mesopotamian splendor. For with the conquest of Persia
by Alexander the book of expressive art in that valley was closed,
and, under Islam, it remains closed to this day.
ART REMAINS: Persian painting is something about which
little is known because little remains. The Louvre contains
some reconstructed friezes made in mosaics of stamped brick
and square tile, showing figures of lions and a number of
archers. The coloring is particularly rich, and may give
some idea of Persian pigments. Aside from the chief museums
of Europe the bulk of Persian art is still seen half-buried
in the ruins of Persepolis and elsewhere.
PHOENICIAN, CYPRIOTE, AND ASIA MINOR PAINTING.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: As before cited, Babelon, Duncker, Ely,
Girard, Lenormant; Cesnola, _Cyprus_; Cesnola, _Cypriote
Antiquities in Metropolitan Museum of Art_; Kenrick,
_Phoenicia_; Movers, _Die Phonizier_; Perrot and Chipiez,
_History of Art in Phoenicia and Cyprus_; Perrot and
Chipiez, _History of Art in Sardinia, Judea, Syria and Asia
Minor_; Perrot and Chipiez, _History of Art in Phrygia,
Lydia, etc.
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