Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 325
killful foreshortening and free brushhandling of asuperior quality. The banquetscene in onechamber repre-sents a scene fromthe underworld,in which Hades(Pluto) and Per-sephone figure. Another shows Odysseus and theCyclop Polyphemos. These are among the bestexamples of Etruscan wall painting and… … Hades and Persephone in the Under-world, Grotta dell Orco, Corneto MURAL PAINTING 3°3 From these mural paintings of Etruscan work-manship we have an almost continuous historyof wall paintingfrom its earlierarchaic period tothat really nobleachievementwhich marked itshighest point ofdevelopment;…
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