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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 30

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ents of a later time, she failed to under-stand the wonderful art whose later direction was entrustedto her, and so degraded and debauched it increasingly as sheslowly gave freer scope to her own instincts. But some of these paintings, which reflect a Greek stylerather than copy a Greek… … B 3, Maidens Playing with Jackstones. National Museum, Naples.Painting on Marble from Herculaneum. 12 Mornings with Masters of Art wandering not too conspicuously nor yet too meaningfullydown the dreamy perspective. These Greek imaginings havesuffered sadly from the rude contact of Vesuvian ashes,…

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