Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 354
color of the marble. He did not find one colorless picture of astatue, but numberless instances of paintings of colored statues. Thisobservation, of course, goes far to disprove any possible objections tothe theory of color on statues in Roman times.* MURAL PAINTING 331 the spaces into wide panels… … Third, or Ornate Style, Pompeii and light spots, which are filled with figures flying,dancing, running, or poised in a lively, irrespon-sible fashion. The effect is sometimes pleasing, butthe lack of unity and the complication of motivesand forms often distract and weary the eye. Hereand there are…
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