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5.50" x 8.00"
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7.50" x 10.00"
Persian Bull Capital 03 Art Print
by Weston Westmoreland
$36.56
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Persian Bull Capital 03 art print by Weston Westmoreland. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
Persian Bull Capital. Susa, Achaemenid Empire, 500 BC. Close up.... more
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Persian Bull Capital. Susa, Achaemenid Empire, 500 BC. Close up.
Closer detail view of one of the bull heads of a Persian capital. This colossal capital belongs to one of the thirty-six monumental columns which supported the roof of the apadana at Susa. These capitals show the typical Achaemenid art of combining elements from different civilizations to form a coherent stylistic ensemble.
When Darius the Great succeeded Cyrus, he chose Susa as the administrative capital of his unified empire. Darius designed a complex on three natural terraces overlooking the city from the north. He built a royal palace in the Mesopotamian tradition, onto which opened a vast audience hall, a Persian apadana. This was a hypostyle (columned) hall, 109 meters square.
The 36 columns of the hall stood 63 ft high. Each consisted of a square base inscribed with the name of the king, and a fluted shaft in the Ionian style, surmounted by three successive elements: a basket-like ensembl...
About Weston Westmoreland
Hi there, Born in '72 and shooting pictures since '83, I particularly enjoy creating wide panoramic compositions, HDRs, HDR Panoramas... But not just... Here you will find landscapes and cityscapes, ancient ruins and modern buildings, moons and seas, planes and boats, guns and flowers, animals and machines, forests and deserts, vanguard and prehistory, digital and film, color and black & white, graves and newborns, temples, trenches, palaces, castles, tanks, churches, bunkers... However, they have some things in common: they are meaningful images, I believe them all to be beautiful, and they are for the most part unique. Come in and judge for yourself. W. W. WE CAN CUSTOMIZE ANY PICTURE TO YOUR PERSONAL LIKING AND MAKE IT...