Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 368
recent purchase by the Metro-politan Museum of Fine Arts, New York, of seven frescoes from the villaof P. Fannius Sinister at Boscoreale. They represent both the earlier andlater styles of decoration, and are not inferior in beauty of coloring to anyin the National Museum at Naples. American… … IO CONDUCTED INTO EGYPT scapes were so disposed that they were held inequilibrium. They thus refreshed and satisfied theeye. In color the object was to produce harmonious 346 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART unity, and therefore the decorators skill was chieflyconcerned with agreeable disposition of the…
Painting, Greek · Painting, Greco-Roman
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