Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 97
figured vases so in relief, light or red figures are set offagainst a dark background. In poetry the recollection ofthe old technique is retained in comparisons, as when Pindar,by a poem, will * set up a memorial-stone whiter thanParian marble. On Europas peplos there are tracesof dark red colour,… … Fig. 23.—Metope of the Calydonian Boar. on the dark red ground of the dress were originallymotley, parti-coloured perpendicular borders and fringes,and on the folded wrap there is also an incised border. Thecolouring of the bull is gone; it was probably black. Europaspearl locks serve to date this…
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