Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 154
ect by unifying the whole into a somberrichness, — a method which modern painters some-times employ. To his later life belong his mythological paint-ings. One of the most famous, Calumny, has beenminutely described by Lucian, and so great was itsfame that later painters of various nationalities… … Detail from Calumny By Botticelli 31 132 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART is perhaps equally famous. This picture was carriedto Rome by Augustus and its praise was sung bymany poets. Botticelli painted this subject also inhis well-known picture in the Uffizi. Apelles skill lay largely in his wonderful…
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