Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 431
whereonly rare initiates entered ;studios secluded like thosemonasteries where theByzantine monkish artistshad preserved such a richinheritance from theGreeks and the Orientthat they never thoughtof looking at nature itself(Figs. 858-861). Archaeological exca-vation, which was sotruittul at the… … NATURALISM revolutionised our historical imagination, and increased its re-trospective grasp prodigiouslv. At Pompeii the pickaxe of theexcavator is daily turnmg out accessories for the pamter. Schhe-manns discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns have modified thetraditional conception of the Homeric…
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