Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 366
e general effect. That landscapewas never madean end in itselfand was alwayswell subordinat-ed to the figureor architecturalcomposition maybe easily proved.One writer says: Even in Pom-peian paintings,which representpainting in itsmost advancedstages in antiq-uity, sky and seaare representedvery… … Decorative Figure, Pompeii 344 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART of painting a spring, the artists would paint a river-god leaning on his pitcher; instead of painting amountain, they would depict quite a wooden rock,with a goat leaping on it or a mountain deity seatedon it in guise of a hunter. They naturally…
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