The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 91
breadth of style of ahistorical bas-relief. The vogue of cameos cut in sar-donyx of several strata began withthe Alexandrine epoch and lasted tillthe last century of the Roman Em-pire. The largest known cameo, re-presenting the Apotheosis of Tiberius,is in the Cabinet dcs Medailles, Paris.The two… … FIG. 116.—TERRA COTTAS FROM MYRINA. (The Louvre.)(Necropole de Myrina, Fontemoing, Paris.) date from the third century beforeChrist, They rank among the most 72 THE MINOR ARTS IN GREECE perfect achievements of art, and havenever been equalled by the moderns.If the art of engraving precious
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