Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 306
the borderand outlines; light blue, a favorite color of theMinoan painter, for the heads, backs, and part ofthe wings of the fish, and for the spray or bubblesround about them; yellow for their bellies andpart of their wings, for bands alternating with lightblue on the sea eggs among the rocks, and… … View of Phylakopi difference in the texture of the surface, which be-trays the presence of a faded pigment; it is likelyto have been red, since red is regularly used inpictures of this period. We have to imagine theoutline of the rocks, now faint and uncertain, filledin with a deep tint, which…
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