Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 214
pleasing than the pedi-mental groups. They are not, indeed, withoutrudeness and stiffness, but in their backward stylethere is the charm which so usually marks theworks of early Greek art, but which the pedimentshave lost, without getting knowledge and masteryin exchange. 1 Greek Art on Greek Soil,… … Metope from the Temple of ZeusHerakles cleaning the Stable of Augeias out; the parts of the garments are not clearly dis-tinguished from one another. Critics have long seenthat the artist who made these groups evidently 192 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART trusted chiefly to the use of color for the effect…
Painting, Greek · Painting, Greco-Roman
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