Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 215
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… … Metope from the Temple of ZeusHerakles capturing the Cretan Bull lion. Of this head, the hair and eyes still beardistinct traces of color. In the group of Heraklesand the bull, the background was blue and thebody of the bull brown. Another metope has ared background. COLOR AS APPLIED TO…
Painting, Greek · Painting, Greco-Roman
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