Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 350
of Pompeii and is foundabundantly represented. Its characteristics are elab-orately fanciful architectural representation, with deli-cate, playful richness of ornamentation frequentlycarried to excess. It is to be regretted that so little is known ofthe earlier primitive expressions of mural… … ■ .■ .■ ■ Second, or Architectural Style, Pompeii 327 32i THE GREEK PAINTERS ART perceive all through its development Greek traditionand feeling. Of the earlier pre-Roman period an excellentexample may be found in the House of Sallust, inwhich the dividing up of wall spaces into larger andsmaller…
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