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[preacherpollard]

Idol Worship And YAHWEH Coin

Dale Pollard Israel first heard Exodus 20.4 spoken by God from heaven in an audible voice. “You must not make for yourself an idol of any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth…”  Obviously this wasn’t enough to keep humans from doing the exact opposite.  “They (Israel) forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for…

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Archaemenid Persian Royal Archer from the reign of King Darius I, Persian Empire 510 BC. Made from glazed terracotta bricks & is now located in the Louvre Museum.

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Comparison Of Archaemenid And Muryan Columns

Comparison Of Archaemenid And Muryan Columns

Comparison Of Archaemenid And Muryan Columns Archaemenid Column 1.The Columns of the hall of Persepolis are provided with intricately carved capitals Archaemenid columns had their base. 3.The bell form is used as supporting base. Mauryan Column 1.The Stone columns of the Mauryan palace are without capitals. 2.Mauryan columns had no base at all. 3.The bell form serves as capitals. The Mauryan bell…

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5. There is no real history or architectural magnificence to this place. Everyone’s got a 550 BC Archaemenid Dynasty ruin hanging out in their backyard. No biggie. There’s really nothing special about having relics form the first ever Persian Empire. Just look at those carvings in the walls. They’re so primitive, my five year old nephew could’ve done it. And how about those columns? That’s so Roman Empire. Don’t these people have ideas of their own? Where’s the creativity? Where’s the cultural identity?

I just can’t anymore.

[kirbyarthistory]

PERSIANS AND MEDES, detail of the processional frieze on the east side of the terrace of the apadana palace, Persepolis, Iran

The reliefs decorating the walls of the terrace and staircases leading up to the Persepolis apadana included depictions of representatives of 23 nations bringing tribute to the Persian king. Every emissary wears a characteristic costume and carries a typical regional gift for the conqueror. The section of the procession reproduced here represents Persian nobles (in pleated skirts) and Medes wearing their distinctive round caps, knee-length tunics, and trousers. Traces of color prove the reliefs were painted, and the original effect surely was more striking than it is today.

The forms are more rounded, and the project more from the background than previous Assyrian reliefs. Some of the details, notably the treatment of drapery folds, echo forms characteristic of Archaic Greek sculpture, and Greek influence seems to be one of many ingredients of Achaemenid style. Persian art testifies to the active exchange of ideas and artists among all the civilizations of the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and Persia at this date.